Table 2 Estimated 131I-TEDs (mSv) due to inhalation intake for 1-year old children after correction for lower iodine uptake by thyroid in Japanese and decontamination factor by sheltering.

From: Reconstruction of residents’ thyroid equivalent doses from internal radionuclides after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident

Municipality

Futaba Town

Tomioka Town

Naraha Town

Okuma Town

Namie Town

Odaka Ward (Minamisoma City)

Haramachi/Kashima Wards (Minamisoma City)

Iitate Village

Mean (95% UI)a

3.6 (0.9, 7.5)

1.1 (0.3, 2.3)

2.1 (0.5, 4.4)

2.1 (0.5, 4.3)

4.0 (1.0, 8.4)

9.8 (2.4, 21)

4.7 (1.2, 9.9)

4.0 (1.0, 8.5)

Median (95% UI)a

1.3 (0.3, 2.8)

0.5 (0.1, 1.1)

0.9 (0.2, 1.9)

1.7 (0.4, 3.5)

0.8 (0.2, 1.7)

10 (2.5, 21)

3.2 (0.8, 6.6)

5.1 (1.3, 11)

95th percentile (95% UI)a

19 (4.7, 39)

7.4 (1.9, 16)

8.9 (2.2, 19)

7.8 (1.9, 16)

20 (5.0, 42)

19 (4.8, 41)

18 (4.5, 38)

8.0 (2.0, 17)

  1. aUI: uncertainty interval. UIs were calculated by Monte Carlo simulation as described in Materials and Methods.
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