2012
DOI: 10.3821/145.6.cpj256
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Calls Managed by the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre following the 2011 Nuclear Reactor Incident at Fukushima, Japan

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
1
1

Citation Types

0
4
0

Year Published

2013
2013
2020
2020

Publication Types

Select...
4
1

Relationship

0
5

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 6 publications
(4 citation statements)
references
References 12 publications
0
4
0
Order By: Relevance
“…13 16 An amplified sense of fear and vulnerability during a CBRN event may lead some people to overdose on a prescribed MCM, based on the incorrect assumption that a greater quantity of an MCM is more protective than a small quantity, or lead those not at risk to demand an MCM that is best reserved for others. 17 19…”
mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…13 16 An amplified sense of fear and vulnerability during a CBRN event may lead some people to overdose on a prescribed MCM, based on the incorrect assumption that a greater quantity of an MCM is more protective than a small quantity, or lead those not at risk to demand an MCM that is best reserved for others. 17 19…”
mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although in any case there was no danger, how many dangers could the pill itself cause [18]. People tend to believe the media and what they see and hear on television [19].…”
Section: Nuclear Disastersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is no equivalent infrastructure in Canada, and there is no routine review of the national data at predefined intervals [ 2 ]. Indeed, several recent reports comment on the reactive rather than proactive use of Canadian poison data to address specific issues, such as the meltdown of the nuclear reactors in Fukushima, Japan [ 29 ], deaths from contaminated ecstasy [ 30 ], and food-borne illnesses [ 31 , 32 ]. All of these examples highlight the potential for more systematic use of Canadian poison data for surveillance at the provincial and national scales.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%