Survey Report:
Consumer Awareness and Attitude on Radiocesium Food Contamination Following Fukushima Incident
Hiromi Hosono, Yuko Kumagai, and Tsutomu Sekizaki
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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