Correction: Estimated Dietary Intake of Radionuclides and Health Risks for the Citizens of Fukushima City, Tokyo, and Osaka after the 2011 Nuclear Accident

There are errors in the values for LARS for thyroid cancer throughout the paper. Please see below for a description of the errors and their corrections.

There are errors in the last two sentences of the Abstract. The correct sentences are: Lifetime attributable risks (LARs) of thyroid cancers due to ingestion were 1.7–37×10⁻⁶ (Case 1) and 5.6–79×10⁻⁶ (Case 2) in Fukushima City, 0.73–13×10⁻⁶ in Tokyo, and 0.04–0.49×10⁻⁶ in Osaka. The contributions of LARs of thyroid cancers due to ingestion were 5.4%–11% of all exposure (Case 1) and 11%–25% (Case 2) in Fukushima City.

There are errors in the seventh sentence of the “Lars of cancer incidence” section of the Results and Discussion. The correct sentence is: The LARs of thyroid cancers were 1.7–37×10⁻⁶ in Fukushima City (Case 1), 5.6–79×10⁻⁶ in Fukushima City (Case 2), 0.73–13×10⁻⁶ in Tokyo, and 0.04–0.49×10⁻⁶ in Osaka, and the maximum LAR in Fukushima City (Case 1) was found in females <1 y old.

There are errors in the eleventh sentence of the “Lars of cancer incidence” section of the Results and Discussion. The correct sentence is: The contributions of ¹³¹I to the lifetime-exposure thyroid doses were 88%-95% in Fukushima City (Case 1), 80%-91% in Fukushima City (Case 2), 89%–95% in Tokyo, and 42%–67% in Osaka.

There are errors in the second and third sentences of the second paragraph of the “Lars of cancer incidence” section of the Results and Discussion. The correct sentences are: The LARs of all solid cancers due to the three pathways were 1400–4100×10⁻⁶ in Fukushima City (Case 1) and 1400–4200×10⁻⁶ in Fukushima City (Case 2); those of thyroid cancer were 29–490×10⁻⁶ in Fukushima City (Case 1) and 33–510×10⁻⁶ in Fukushima City (Case 2) (Table 4). The contributions of LARs of all solid cancer due to ingestion were 0.3%–0.5% (Case 1) and 1.6%–3.1% (Case 2); those of thyroid cancer were 5.4%–11% (Case 1) and 11%–25% (Case 2).

Table 4. LARs for all solid cancers, leukemia, breast cancer, and thyroid cancer (×10⁻⁶) due to external exposure, inhalation, and ingestion.

	All solid cancers	Leukemia	Breast cancer	Thyroid cancer
Fukushima City (Case 1)
< 1 y (M)	2700	300	-	120
< 1 y (F)	4100	210	1200	490
10 y (M)	2000	170	-	65
10 y (F)	3000	110	690	120
20 y (M)	1400	120	-	510
20 y (F)	2100	79	390	78
Fukushima City (Case 2)
< 1 y (M)	2700	310	-	130
< 1 y (F)	4200	210	1200	520
10 y (M)	2100	170	-	83
10 y (F)	3100	120	700	320
20 y (M)	1400	120	-	33
20 y (F)	2100	81	390	130

Ages are those in the first year. Case 1, citizens consumed vegetables bought from markets. Case 2, citizens consumed vegetables grown locally.

There are errors in the first sentence of the last paragraph of the “Lars of cancer incidence” section of the Results and Discussion. The correct sentence is: As described above, the contributions of ¹³¹I to the lifetime-exposure thyroid doses were >80% for Fukushima City, and the contributions of LARs from foods in the second and subsequent years were negligible.

There are errors in Tables 3 and 4. Please see the corrected Tables 3 and 4 here.

Table 3. LARs for all solid cancers, leukemia, breast cancer, and thyroid cancer (×10⁻⁶) due to ingestion.

	All solid cancers	Leukemia	Breast cancer	Thyroid cancer
Fukushima City (Case 1)
<1 y (M)	8.6	0.57	-	9.0
<1 y (F)	12	0.36	1.5	37
10 y (M)	8.4	0.59	-	6.9
10 y (F)	11	0.36	1.5	27
20 y (M)	7.4	0.56	-	1.7
20 y (F)	9.8	0.34	1.1	6.4
Fukushima City (Case 2)
<1 y (M)	47	3.1	-	14
<1 y (F)	66	2.0	8.4	55
10 y (M)	51	3.5	-	20
10 y (F)	71	2.2	9.3	79
20 y (M)	45	3.4	-	5.6
20 y (F)	61	2.1	7.1	21
Tokyo
<1 y (M)	3.6	0.24	-	3.2
<1 y (F)	5.0	0.15	0.63	13
10 y (M)	3.6	0.25	-	2.9
10 y (F)	4.7	0.15	0.61	11
20 y (M)	3.0	0.23	-	0.73
20 y (F)	3.9	0.14	0.44	2.8
Osaka
<1 y (M)	1.4	0.09	-	0.08
<1 y (F)	2.0	0.06	0.25	0.32
10 y (M)	1.3	0.09	-	0.12
10 y (F)	1.8	0.06	0.23	0.49
20 y (M)	1.1	0.08	-	0.04
20 y (F)	1.4	0.05	0.16	0.16

Ages represent ones in the first year. Case 1, citizens consumed vegetables bought from markets. Case 2, citizens consumed vegetables grown locally.