Letter to the editor regarding spatiotemporal association of low birth weight with Cs-137 deposition at the prefecture level in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accidents

摘要

Unrestricted linear regression analysis between dose rates and odds ratios in 47 prefectures in Japan shown in the report [1]. Red line showed regression line with 95% confidence intervals (dotted lines). R2 = 0.108 and p = 0.0239 for slope factor