Response to the letter of Midorikawa et al

• Hideto Takahashi,
• Seiji Yasumura,
• Kunihiko Takahashi,
• Tetsuya Ohira,
• Hiroki Shimura,
• Hitoshi Ohto,
• Satoru Suzuki,
• Shinichi Suzuki,
• Tetsuo Ishikawa,
• Satoshi Suzuki,
• Enbo Ma,
• Masanori Nagao,
• Susumu Yokoya,
• Kenji Kamiya

Affiliations

Hideto Takahashi

Teikyo Heisei University, Tokyo, Japan; Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan; Corresponding author.

Seiji Yasumura

Department of Public Health, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Kunihiko Takahashi

Department of Biostatistics, M&D Data Science Center, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Tetsuya Ohira

Department of Epidemiology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Hiroki Shimura

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Hitoshi Ohto

Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Satoru Suzuki

Fukushima Global Medical Science Center, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan; Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Shinichi Suzuki

Department of Surgery, Japan Community Healthcare Organization (JCHO), Nihonmatsu Hospital, Nihonmatsu, Japan; Department of Thyroid and Endocrinology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Tetsuo Ishikawa

Department of Radiation Physics and Chemistry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Satoshi Suzuki

Fukushima Global Medical Science Center, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan; Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Enbo Ma

Health Promotion Center, Fukushima Global Medical Science Center, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Epidemiology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Masanori Nagao

Department of Epidemiology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Susumu Yokoya

Thyroid and Endocrine Center, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan; Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Kenji Kamiya

Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan; Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan