Claire Leppold

Minimizing Isolation of the Elderly Following the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster.

Izumi Yoshida, Tomohiro Morita, Takeaki Ishii, Claire Leppold, Masaharu Tsubokura

Journal article  |  2020  |  Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Need for Emergency Medical Functioning of Hospitals in Post-Nuclear Evacuation Areas.

Yuki Shimada, Akihiko Ozaki, Masaharu Tsubokura, Kana Yamamoto, Claire Leppold, Arinobu Hori, Asaka Higuchi, Yuki Sonoda, Tomohiro Morita, Toyoaki Sawano, Tomoyoshi Oikawa

Journal article  |  2020  |  Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Breast Cancer Provider Interval Length in Fukushima, Japan, After the 2011 Triple Disaster: A Long-Term Retrospective Study.

Akihiko Ozaki, Shuhei Nomura, Claire Leppold, Masaharu Tsubokura, Toyoaki Sawano, Manabu Tsukada, Tomohiro Morita, Tetsuya Tanimoto, Shigehira Saji, Shigeaki Kato, Kazue Yamaoka, Yoshinori Nakata, Hiromichi Ohira

Journal article  |  2020  |  Clinical Breast Cancer

BACKGROUND: Minimizing the interval from symptom onset to treatment commencement is essential for a favorable outcome among breast..

Impacts of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster on healthcare facilities: A systematic literature review

Sae Ochi, Claire Leppold, Shigeaki Kato

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Premature death associated with long-term evacuation among a vulnerable population after the Fukushima nuclear disaster: A case report.

Toyoaki Sawano, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Akihiko Ozaki, Claire Leppold, Mai Takiguchi, Hiroaki Saito, Yuki Shimada, Tomohiro Morita, Manabu Tsukada, Hiromichi Ohira, Masaharu Tsubokura

Journal article  |  2019  |  Medicine

RATIONALE: The health vulnerability of certain populations such as children, the elderly and individuals with illnesses or physica..

Long-term trends of hospital admissions among patients with cancer following the 2015 earthquake: a single institution observational study in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Anup Uprety, Akihiko Ozaki, Asaka Higuchi, Bikal Ghimire, Toyoaki Sawano, Kenji Tsuda, Shuhei Nomura, Claire Leppold, Masaharu Tsubokura, Tetsuya Tanimoto, Yogendra Prasad Singh

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open

OBJECTIVES: Little is known regarding how natural disasters affect patients with cancer in low-income and middle-income countries...

Premature Death of a Schizophrenic Patient due to Evacuation after a Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima.

Yuki Sonoda, Akihiko Ozaki, Arinobu Hori, Asaka Higuchi, Yuki Shimada, Kana Yamamoto, Tomohiro Morita, Toyoaki Sawano, Claire Leppold, Masaharu Tsubokura

Journal article  |  2019  |  Case Reports in Psychiatry

Although psychiatric patients are likely to be adversely impacted by disasters, information regarding the processes involved in ad..

The 2015 Nepal earthquake and worsening air pollution in Kathmandu.

Anup Uprety, Akihiko Ozaki, Asaka Higuchi, Claire Leppold, Tetsuya Tanimoto

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Lancet Planetary Health

Beneficial Roles of Social Support for Mental Health Vary in the Japanese Population depending on Disaster Experience: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.

Akihiko Ozaki, Sayaka Horiuchi, Yasuma Kobayashi, Mariko Inoue, Jun Aida, Claire Leppold, Kazue Yamaoka

Journal article  |  2018  |  The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

The purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of social capital on mental health among the Japanese population with o..

Legionnaires' disease as an occupational risk related to decontamination work after the Fukushima nuclear disaster: a case report.

Toyoaki Sawano, Masaharu Tsubokura, Akihiko Ozaki, Claire Leppold, Shigeaki Kato, Toshiyuki Kambe

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Occupational Health