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DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Designed the study, gathered data and wrote the manuscript: Yanagawa Y
Gave technical support, conceptual advice and edited the manuscript: Ishikawa K, Nagasawa H, Takeuchi I,
Jitsuiki K, Ohsaka H, Omori K

Financial support and sponsorship
This manuscript obtains financial support from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology - Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities, 2015-2019
concerning (The constitution of total researching system for comprehensive disaster, medical management,
corresponding to wide-scale disaster).

Conflicts of interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest in association with this study.

Patient consent
Not applicable.

Ethics approval
This review article was approved by the review board of Juntendo Shizuoka Hospital, and all examinations
were conducted according to the standards of good clinical practice and the Helsinki Declaration.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2018.

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