Response to the "letter to the editor" by Sani Rachman Soleman et al., "spatiotemporal association of low birth weight with Cs-137 deposition at the prefecture level in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accidents".
Environ Health
; 19(1): 123, 2020 11 25.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33239051
ABSTRACT
We thank Sani Rachman Soleman et al. for three specific points of criticism concerning our investigation of the ecological association between low birth weight (LBW) and radioactive contamination in Japan after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accidents 1. Ecological variables are not justified enough to adjust potential confounding. 2. The spatiotemporal regression model does not consider temporal reduction in radiation dose rate. 3. Dose-response plot between dose rates and odds ratios overestimates R2 and underestimates p-value. This criticism is a good starting point to explain some of the technical backgrounds of our approach in more detail.
Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Radiation Monitoring
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Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
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Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Environ Health
Journal subject:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany