Health monitoring of population residing in radio-ontaminated areas using novel monitoring devises.

• Project/Area Number: 24659241
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: TAKAMURA Noboru 長崎大学, 原爆後障害医療研究所, 教授 (30295068)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HAYASHIDA Naomi 長崎大学, 原爆後障害医療研究所, 講師 (00420638) ; SHINKAWA Tetsuko 長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科, 准教授 (30619482) ; TAKAHASHI Jumpei 長崎大学, 国際連携研究戦略本部, 助教 (50574026)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: チェルノブイリ / 放射線 / メンタルヘルス / リスクコミュニケーション / リスクマネージメント / 福島 / セミパラチンスク / 線量 / ストレス

Research Abstract

In order to step up and improve our understanding of how to approach the younger generation around Chernobyl, we screened mental health status among young adults born after the accident living in Gomel region, Belarus. We enrolled 697 medical students who were born after the accident. Participants were asked to answer to self-administered questionnaires including General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12).
GHQ-12 scores were 1.80 among all 697 subjects. When logistic regression analysis was performed with confounding factors, "economic situation" and "association of diseases and/or poor health condition with radiation exposure" was significantly associated with poor mental status. Our findings suggest that anxiety to radiation exposure among highly educated medical students in Gomel region who were born even after the accident affects to their poor mental health status.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Evaluation of Environmental Contamination and Estimated Exposure Doses after Residents Return Home in Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture. (2014)
  • Author(s): Taira Y, Hayashida N, Orita M, Yamaguchi H, Ide J, Endo Y, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Environtal Science and Technology Volume: 48 Pages: 4556-4563
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Thyroid ultrasound findings in children from three Japanese prefectures : Aomori, Yamanashi and Nagasaki (2013)
  • Author(s): Hayashida N, Imaizumi M, Shimura H, Okubo N, Asari Y, Nigawara T, Midorikawa S, Kotani K, Nakaji S, Otsuru A, Akamizu T, Kitaoka M, Suzuki S, Taniguchi N, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: PLoS ONE Volume: 8(12)
  • NAID: 120006986696
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mental health status among younger generation around Chernobyl (2013)
  • Author(s): Masunaga T, Kozlovsky A, Lyzikov A, Takamura N, Yamashita S.
  • Journal Title: Arch Med Sci Volume: 9(6) Pages: 1114-6
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Measurements of individual radiation doses in residents living around the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (2013)
  • Author(s): Nagataki S, Takamura N, Kamiya K, Akashi M.
  • Journal Title: Rad Res Volume: 180(5) Pages: 439-47
  • NAID: 120006986019
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Determinants for the return to hometowns after the accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant : a case study for the village of Kawauchi (2013)
  • Author(s): Orita M, Hayashida N, Urata H, Shinkawa T, Endo Y, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Radiat Prot Dosimetry Volume: 156(3) Pages: 383-5
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Factors associated with relapse into drug use among male and female attendees of a three-month drug detoxification–rehabilitation programme in Dhaka, Bangladesh : a prospective cohort study (2013)
  • Author(s): Maehira Y, Chowdhury EI, Reza M, Drahozal R, Gayen TK, Masud I, Afrin S, Takamura N, Azim T.
  • Journal Title: Harm Reduct J Volume: 10(1) Pages: 14-14
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Genetic profile and determinants of homocysteine levels in Kazakhstan patients with breast cancer (2013)
  • Author(s): Akilzhanova A, Nurkina Z, Momynaliev K, Ramanculov E, Zhumadilov Z, Rakhypbekov T, Hayashida N, Nakashima M, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Anticancer Res Volume: 33(9) Pages: 4049-59
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Spatiotemporal characteristics of internal radiation exposure in evacuees and first responders after the radiological accident in Fukushima (2013)
  • Author(s): Morita N, Miura M, Yoshida M, Kumagai A, Ohtsuru A, Usa T, Kudo T, Takamura N, Yamashita S, Matsuda N.
  • Journal Title: Rad Res Volume: 180(3) Pages: 299-301
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ultrasonographic thyroid nodular findings in Japanese children (2013)
  • Author(s): Taniguchi N, Hayashida N, Shimura H, Okubo N, Asari Y, Nigawara T, Midorikawa S, Kotani K, Nakaji S, Imaizumi M, Ohtsuru A, Akamizu T, Kitaoka M, Suzuki S, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: J Med Ultrasonic Volume: 40(3) Pages: 219-24
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Assessment of internal exposure doses in Fukushima by a whole body counter within one month after the nuclear power plant accident (2013)
  • Author(s): Matsuda N, Kumagai A, Ohtsuru A, Morita N, Miura M, Yoshida M, Kudo T, Takamura N, Yamashita S.
  • Journal Title: Rad Res Volume: 179(6) Pages: 663-8
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Simultaneous determination of homocysteine, methionine and cysteine in maternal plasma after delivery by HPLC-fluorescence detection with DBD-F as a label (2013)
  • Author(s): Wada M, Hirose M, Kuroki M, Ikeda R, Sekitani Y, Takamura N, Kuroda N, Nakashima K.
  • Journal Title: Biomed Chromat Volume: 27(6) Pages: 708-13
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Determinants of homocysteine concentrations in mother and neonatal girl pairs (2013)
  • Author(s): Sekitani Y, Hayashida N, Ikeoka T, Yoshida A, Nakazato M, Wada M, Fujita A, Matsuo A, Miyamura T, Obama M, Nakashima K, Maeda T, Masuzaki H, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Clin Chem Lab Med Volume: 51(5)
  • NAID: 120006986115
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Urinary iodine concentrations of pregnant women in Zhitomir, Ukraine (2013)
  • Author(s): Sekitani Y, Hayashida N, Takahashi J, Kozlovsky A, Rudnitskiy S, Petrova A, Gutevych O, Chorniy A, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Clin Chem Lab Med Volume: 51(4) Pages: 811-6
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Vertical distribution and estimated doses from artificial radionuclides in soil samples around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Testing Site (2013)
  • Author(s): Taira Y, Hayashida N, Tsuchiya R, Yamaguchi H, Takahashi J, Kazlovsky A, Urazalin M, Rakhypbekov T, Kudo T, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: PLoS ONE Volume: 8(2)
  • NAID: 120006985729
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Good stress management capability is associated with lower body mass index and restful sleep in the elderly (2013)
  • Author(s): Teraoka S, Hayashida N, Shinkawa T, Taira Y, Nagai-Sekitani Y, Irie S, Kamasaki T, Nakashima-Hashiguchi, Yoshida K, Orita M, Morishita M, Clancey G, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Tohoku J Exp Med Volume: 229(1) Pages: 5-10
  • NAID: 10031143081
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Thyroid ultrasound findings in children from three Japanese prefectures: Aomori, Yamanashi and Nagasaki. (2013)
  • Author(s): Hayashida N, Imaizumi M, Shimura H, Okubo N, Asari Y, Nigawara T, Midorikawa S, Kotani K, Nakaji S, Otsuru A, Akamizu T, Kitaoka M, Suzuki S, Taniguchi N, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: PLoS ONE Volume: 8
  • NAID: 120006986696
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mental health status among younger generation around Chernobyl. (2013)
  • Author(s): Masunaga T, Kozlovsky A, Lyzikov A, Takamura N, Yamashita S.
  • Journal Title: Archives of Medical Science Volume: 9 Pages: 1114-1116
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Measurements of individual radiation doses in residents living around the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. (2013)
  • Author(s): Nagataki S, Takamura N, Kamiya K, Akashi M.
  • Journal Title: Radiation Research Volume: 180 Pages: 439-447
  • NAID: 120006986019
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Determinants for the return to hometowns after the accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant: a case study for the village of Kawauchi. (2013)
  • Author(s): Orita M, Hayashida N, Urata H, Shinkawa T, Endo Y, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Radiation Protection Dosimetry Volume: 156 Pages: 383-385
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Akilzhanova A, Nurkina Z, Momynaliev K, Ramanculov E, Zhumadilov Z, Rakhypbekov T, Hayashida N, Nakashima M, Takamura N. Genetic profile and determinants of homocysteine levels in Kazakhstan patients with breast cancer. (2013)
  • Author(s): Akilzhanova A, Nurkina Z, Momynaliev K, Ramanculov E, Zhumadilov Z, Rakhypbekov T, Hayashida N, Nakashima M, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Anticancer Research Volume: 33 Pages: 4049-4059
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Spatiotemporal characteristics of internal radiation exposure in evacuees and first responders after the radiological accident in Fukushima. (2013)
  • Author(s): Morita N, Miura M, Yoshida M, Kumagai A, Ohtsuru A, Usa T, Kudo T, Takamura N, Yamashita S, Matsuda N.
  • Journal Title: Radiation Research Volume: 180 Pages: 299-301
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Assessment of internal exposure doses in Fukushima by a whole body counter within one month after the nuclear power plant accident. (2013)
  • Author(s): Matsuda N, Kumagai A, Ohtsuru A, Morita N, Miura M, Yoshida M, Kudo T, Takamura N, Yamashita S.
  • Journal Title: Radiation Research Volume: 179 Pages: 663-668
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Urinary iodine concentrations of pregnant women in Zhitomir, Ukraine. (2013)
  • Author(s): Sekitani Y, Hayashida N, Takahashi J, Kozlovsky A, Rudnitskiy S, Petrova A, Gutevych O, Chorniy A, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Volume: 51 Pages: 811-816
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Vertical distribution and estimated doses from artificial radionuclides in soil samples around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Testing Site. (2013)
  • Author(s): Taira Y, Hayashida N, Tsuchiya R, Yamaguchi H, Takahashi J, Kazlovsky A, Urazalin M, Rakhypbekov T, Kudo T, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: PLoS One Volume: 8
  • NAID: 120006985729
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Vertical distribution and estimated doses from artificial radionuclides in soil samples around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Testing Site. (2013)
  • Author(s): 10. Taira Y, Hayashida N, Tsuchiya R, Yamaguchi H, Takahashi J, Kazlovsky A, Urazalin M, Rakhypbekov T, Kudo T, Yamashita S, Takamura N
  • Journal Title: PLoS ONE Volume: 8
  • NAID: 120006985729
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Prognosis of thyroid nodules in individuals living in the Zhitomir region of Ukraine (2012)
  • Author(s): Hayashida N, Sekitani Y, Takahashi J, Kozlovsky A, Gutevych O, Saiko A, Nirova N, Petrova A, Rafalskiy R, Chorny S, Daniliuk V, Anami M, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: PLoS ONE Volume: 7(11)
  • NAID: 120006985797
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Evaluation of environmental contamination and estimated radiation dose for the return to residents'homes in Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture (2012)
  • Author(s): Taira Y, Hayashida N, Yamaguchi H, Endo Y, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: PLoS ONE Volume: 7(9)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Environmental contamination and external radiation dose rates from radionuclides released from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (2012)
  • Author(s): Taira Y, Takahashi J, Gutevitc A, Kazlovsky A, Kudo T, Matsuda N, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Radiat Prot Dosimetry Volume: 151(3) Pages: 537-45
  • NAID: 120006985505
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Importance of personal dose equivalent evaluation in Fukushima in overcoming social panic (2012)
  • Author(s): Yoshida K, Hashiguchi K, Taira Y, Matsuda N, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Radiat Prot Dosimetry Volume: 151(1) Pages: 144-6
  • NAID: 120006985567
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Monitoring the autonomic nervous activity as the objective evaluation of music therapy for severely and multiply disabled children (2012)
  • Author(s): Orita M, Hayashida N, Shinkawa T, Kudo T, Koga M, Togo M, Katayama S, Hiramatsu K, Mori S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Tohoku J Exp Med Volume: 227(3) Pages: 185-9
  • NAID: 10030943760
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Prognosis of thyroid nodules in individuals living in the Zhitomir region of Ukraine. (2012)
  • Author(s): 12. Hayashida N, Sekitani Y, Takahashi J, Kozlovsky A, Gutevych O, Saiko A, Nirova N, Petrova A, Rafalskiy R, Chorny S, Daniliuk V, Anami M, Yamashita S, Takamura N
  • Journal Title: PLoS ONE Volume: 7
  • NAID: 120006985797
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Evaluation of environmental contamination and estimated radiation dose for the return to residents’ homes in Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture. (2012)
  • Author(s): Taira Y, Hayashida N, Yamaguchi H, Endo Y, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: PLos ONE Volume: 7
  • NAID: 120006985499
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Importance of personal dose equivalent evaluation in Fukushima in overcoming social panic. (2012)
  • Author(s): 15. Yoshida K, Hashiguchi K, Taira Y, Matsuda N, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Radiat Prot Dosimetry Volume: 151 Pages: 144-6
  • NAID: 120006985567
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Lessons from Chernobyl (2011)
  • Author(s): Takamura N, Yamashita S.
  • Journal Title: Fukushima J Med Sci Volume: 57(2) Pages: 81-5
  • NAID: 130002153588
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Leptin is an independent determinant of bone mineral density in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus (2011)
  • Author(s): Vasilkova O, Mikhort T, Sanec I, Sharshakova T, Hayashida N, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Acta Diabetol Volume: 48(4) Pages: 291-5
  • NAID: 120006985167
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Screening for 137Cs Body Burden due to the Chernobyl Accident in Korosten City, Zhitomir, Ukraine : 1996-2008 (2011)
  • Author(s): Hayashida N, Sekitani Y, Kozlovsky A, Rafalsky R, Gutevich O, Daniliuk V, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: J Rad Res Volume: 52(5) Pages: 629-33
  • NAID: 10029455999
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Background radiation and individual dosimetry in the costal area of Tamil Nadu, India (2011)
  • Author(s): Matsuda N, Brahmanandhan GM, Yoshida M, Takamura N, Suyama A, Koguchi Y, Juto N, Raj YL, Winsley G, Selvasekarapandian S.
  • Journal Title: Radiat Prot Dosimetry Volume: 146(1-3) Pages: 314-7
  • NAID: 120006985027
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Suitability of tartrate-resistant Acid phosphatase type 5b as a screening marker for bone mineral density in community-dwelling elderly individuals (2011)
  • Author(s): Irie S, Hayashida N, Shinkawa T, Taira Y, Sekitani Y, Teraoka S, Hashiguchi K, Yoshida K, Morishita M, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Tohoku J Exp Med Volume: 224(2) Pages: 105-10
  • NAID: 10028234060
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mutational screening of the BRCA1 gene in sporadic breast cancer in the Kazakhstan population (2011)
  • Author(s): Akilzhanova A, Meirmanov S, Zhunussova T, Nakashima M, Takamura N, Akanov Z, Masadykov A, Sandybaev M, Ramankulov E, Yamashita S, Sekine I.
  • Journal Title: Breast J Volume: 17(3) Pages: 328-30
• [Journal Article] Prevalence of antithyroid antibodies and thyroid-stimulating hormone concentration in young people (2011)
  • Author(s): Sekitani Y, Hayashida N, Karevskaya IV, Zubareva IA, Kozlovsky A, Yamashita S, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Clin Chem Lab Med Volume: 49(4) Pages: 747-9
  • NAID: 120006985125
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Testosterone is an independent determinant of bone mineral density in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus (2011)
  • Author(s): Vasilkova O, Mikhort T, Sanec I, Sharshakova T, Hayashida N, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: Clin Chem Lab Med Volume: 49(1) Pages: 99-103
  • NAID: 120006985156
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Current concentration of artificial radionuclides and estimated radiation doses around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Testing Site, and in Nagasaki (2011)
  • Author(s): Taira Y, Hayashida N, Brahmanandhan GM, Nagayama Y, Yamashita S, Takahashi J, Gutevitc A, Kozlovsky A, Urazalin M, Takamura N.
  • Journal Title: J Rad Res Volume: 52(1) Pages: 88-95
  • Peer Reviewed