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16 children confirmed to have thyroid cancer in 2nd Fukushima survey [1]

In a survey that began in April 2014 to check the impact of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, 16 children have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and 35 are suspected of having the disease, a pref

Publication Date: 
16/02/2016
Japan Today (Japan) [2]
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Health [3], Cancer [4], Child Health [5], Japan [6], Radiation [7], Hazardous Waste [8]
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