Relationships between radiation risk perception and health anxiety, and contribution of mindfulness to alleviating psychological distress after the Fukushima accident: Cross-sectional study using a path model

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About the Authors

Yuya Kashiwazaki

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Health Risk Communication, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima City, Japan

Yoshitake Takebayashi

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Risk Communication, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima City, Japan

Michio Murakami

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Risk Communication, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima City, Japan

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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