Measurement and evaluation of gamma nuclides in urine of breastfed infants and their maternal milk

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26670968
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University
• Principal Investigator: MISAKI NAOKO 弘前大学, 保健学研究科, 准教授 (70209740)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TARUSAWA KOETSU 弘前大学, 大学院保健学研究科, 講師 (90125451) ; HAYAKARI YOKO 弘前大学, 大学院保健学研究科, 助教 (30634711) ; OGAWA MARIKO 弘前大学, 大学院保健学研究科, 助手 (60709129) ; KUBOTA MAMORU 弘前大学, 大学院保健学研究科, 助教 (80133891)
• Research Collaborator: SAITO MIKI
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: γ核種 / 母乳育児

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, tests for radioactive substances were performed with urine of breastfed infants and their maternal milk, in Aomori Prefecture, where no radiation accidents have occurred to date, to ascertain safety, and to collect basic data supporting measures to take in the event of a radiation accident.
It was difficult to ensure a sufficient number of subjects, so the study methods were reconsidered and modified. However, it was difficult to achieve cooperation with this study, due to the difficulties with obtaining informed consent from mothers for measurement of γ-nuclei in the milk that they themselves were feeding to their own infants

Free Research Field

助産学