Concerns related to returning home to a “difficult-to-return zone” after a long-term evacuation due to Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident: A qualitative study

• Tomoo Hidaka ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: thidaka@fmu.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2987-4804

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• Hideaki Kasuga,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan

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• Takeyasu Kakamu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan

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• Shota Endo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shota Endo, Yusuke Masuishi

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan

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• Yusuke Masuishi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shota Endo, Yusuke Masuishi

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan

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• Tetsuhito Fukushima

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan

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