About the Authors

Hiroshi Yoshii

yoshii@nirs.go.jp

Affiliation Research Center for Radiation Emergency Medicine, National Institute of Radiological Science, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Kouta Yanagihara

Affiliations Research Center for Radiation Emergency Medicine, National Institute of Radiological Science, Chiba, Chiba, Japan, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan

Hitoshi Imaseki

Affiliation Research Center for Radiation Emergency Medicine, National Institute of Radiological Science, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Tsuyoshi Hamano

Affiliation Research Center for Radiation Emergency Medicine, National Institute of Radiological Science, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Hirokuni Yamanishi

Affiliation Atomic Energy Research Institute, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Masayo Inagaki

Affiliation Atomic Energy Research Institute, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Yasuhiro Sakai

Affiliation Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan

Nobuyuki Sugiura

Affiliation Radiation Environmental Effects Research Center, Nuclear Safety Research Association, Shinbashi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Osamu Kurihara

Affiliation Research Center for Radiation Emergency Medicine, National Institute of Radiological Science, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Kazuo Sakai

Affiliation Research Center for Radiation Emergency Medicine, National Institute of Radiological Science, Chiba, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H. Yoshii. Performed the experiments: H. Yoshii HY MI NS. Analyzed the data: H. Yoshii KY YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H. Yoshii KY H. Imaseki TH. Wrote the paper: H. Yoshii NS OK KS.