About the Authors
- Naomi Hayashida
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* E-mail: naomin@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Global Health, Medicine and Welfare, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Misa Imaizumi
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Nagasaki, Japan
- Hiroki Shimura
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Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Noriyuki Okubo
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Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
- Yasushi Asari
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Affiliation Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
- Takeshi Nigawara
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
- Sanae Midorikawa
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Affiliation Department of Radiation Health Management, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Kazuhiko Kotani
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
- Shigeyuki Nakaji
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Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
- Akira Otsuru
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Affiliation Department of Radiation Health Management, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Takashi Akamizu
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Affiliation The First Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
- Masafumi Kitaoka
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Showa General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Shinichi Suzuki
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Affiliation Department of Thyroid and Endocrinology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Nobuyuki Taniguchi
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
- Shunichi Yamashita
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Affiliations Department of Radiation Medical Sciences, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
- Noboru Takamura
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Affiliation Department of Global Health, Medicine and Welfare, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- for the Investigation Committee for the Proportion of Thyroid Ultrasound Findings
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NH MI HS NO SN MK SS N. Taniguchi SY N. Takamura. Performed the experiments: NH HS NO YA TN SM SN AO TA SS N. Taniguchi N. Takamura. Analyzed the data: MI KK TA. Wrote the paper: NH MI KK N. Taniguchi N. Takamura.