Health Information Seeking on the Internet Among Patients With and Without Cancer in a Region Affected by the 2011 Fukushima Triple Disaster: Cross-Sectional Study

Yudai Kaneda   ¹ ;   Akihiko Ozaki   ^{2, 3, 4} , MD, DrPH ;   Michio Murakami   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Toyoaki Sawano   ^{2, 7, 8} , MD, PhD ;   Shuhei Nomura   ^{2, 9} , PhD ;   Divya Bhandari   ³ , MHS ;   Hiroaki Saito   ^{8, 10} , MD, PhD ;   Masaharu Tsubokura   ^{2, 8} , MD, PhD ;   Kazue Yamaoka   ^{11, 12} , PhD ;   Yoshinori Nakata   ¹¹ , MD, PhD ;   Manabu Tsukada   ¹³ , MD ;   Hiromichi Ohira   ¹³ , MD

¹ School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

² Research Center for Community Health, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Minamisoma, Japan

³ Breast and Thyroid Center, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Iwaki, Japan

⁴ Department of Thyroid and Endocrinology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

⁵ Department of Health Risk Communication, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

⁶ Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

⁷ Department of Surgery, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Iwaki, Japan

⁸ Department of Radiation Health Management, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

⁹ Keio University Global Research Institute (KGRI), Tokyo, Japan

¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, Soma Central Hospital, Soma, Japan

¹¹ Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

¹² Tetsuyu Clinical Research Center, Tetsuyu Healthcare Holdings Pte Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

¹³ Department of Surgery, Minamisoma Municipal General Hospital, Minamisoma, Japan