Evaluating the overall quality of online information on nuclear power plant accidents in Japanese

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Issue		Radioprotection Volume 60, Number 1, January-March 2025


Page(s)		109 - 119
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2024023
Published online		14 March 2025

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