Individual Dose Response and Radiation Origin of Childhood and Adolescent Thyroid Cancer in Fukushima II: Possibility of High I-131 Exposure as in Chernobyl

Review Data

Q: Is the topic relevant to the journal's area of interest? Is it contemporary and interesting for

researchers?

A: Good

Abstract & Keywords

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A: Good

Goal

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A: Good

Structure

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A: Good

Tools and Methods

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A: Good

Discussion & Conclusion

Q: Is it related to the results presented before? Do you consider them coherent?

A: Good

Comments: The manuscript thoroughly explained the results of the incidences of thyroid cancer among childhood and adolescent in Fukushima and Chernobyl, providing relevant literature. The Conclusion stated revealed a dozen-fold increase in childhood thyroid cancer cases after the Fukushima nuclear accident and showed a rise when compared to radioactive iodine exposure that occurred in Chernobyl accident.

Literature

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A: Good

Author's knowledge

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A: Good

Length

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A: Good

Figures & Tables

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A: Good

Writing style

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A: Good

Comments: There are few errors found in the manuscript, which are as follows:

·       Under heading “Correction of exposure dose by the baseline dose”, 2^nd paragraph, 1^st sentence, “To see the effect of BLD of Fukushima prefecture” must be rewritten as “To see the effect of BLD in Fukushima prefecture”.

·       The word ‘Conversion’ has been misspelled as ‘Convertion’ in heading “Convertion coefficient k from the dose dependence of EAR in Fukushima and Chenobyl”.

Further comments on the paper

Comments: The manuscript illustrated the dose response radiation origin of childhood and adolescent thyroid cancer in Fukushima II. The authors described the methods involved in the study and presented a clear overview of the results. The study highlighted the comparison between the number of childhood thyroid cancer cases after the Fukushima nuclear accident and radioactive iodine exposure in Chernobyl.

Q: Would you recommend this manuscript for further publication?

A: Yes - Suitable to be published

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