Acknowledgement
This paper, which was already published in Japanese Journal of Health Physics, an academic journal of the Japan Health Physics Society, was translated with permission of Japanese Journal of Health Physics and added an explanation for international readers. This work was supported by the Program of the Network-type Joint Usage/Research Center for Radiation Disaster Medical Science.
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