Public health response to the combined Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant accident: perspective from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
At 14:46 on 11 March 2011, eastern Japan was struck by the largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history. With the epicentre off the Sanriku coast, the magnitude 9.0 quake triggered a tsunami, which together with the effects of the quake ignited a serious accident at a nuclear power plant. The...
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World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Western Pacific Surveillance and Response |
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| Online Access: | http://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/129/70 |