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  2. The present study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of KIDSCREEN-52 (J-KIDSCREEN-52), a generic questionnaire used to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among chil...

    Authors: Satoko Nezu, Hidemi Iwasaka, Keigo Saeki, Rika Ishizuka, Hideyo Goma, Nozomi Okamoto, Hiroko Makino, Masami Tanimura, Kazumi Yoshizaki, Kenji Obayashi and Norio Kurumatani
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 20:427
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  3. The aim of this study was to investigate the linkage among climate parameters, total ambulance transports and the number of deaths in Asahikawa City in northern Japan.

    Authors: Hiroaki Kataoka, Kazumi Dokai Mochimasu, Akihiko Katayama, Kanae Oda Kanda, Noriko Sakano, Keiko Tanaka and Nobuyuki Miyatake
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 20:429
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  4. The present study aimed to clarify the characteristics of elderly people living in non-air-conditioned homes. A questionnaire survey conducted in Misato city in July 2013 revealed that 96.1 % of elderly indivi...

    Authors: Momoko Kayaba, Masahide Kondo and Yasushi Honda
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 20:426
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  5. Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an important vegetable crop that is widely cultivated in the tropical and subtropical areas in Asia. Globally, the top three eggplant producers are China, India, and Egypt. The ...

    Authors: Jinky Leilanie Del Prado-Lu
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 20:425
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  6. Now, a lot of researchers have tried to make recycled rigid materials from the sludge cake produced in paper mill industries for the purpose of decreasing its volume. In this study, the researchers tried to ma...

    Authors: Udomsak Kongmuang, Duangta Kiykaew and Ikuharu Morioka
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 20:420
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  7. Injury is the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in Japan. Despite this, until now there has been comparatively little research on this phenomenon. The purpose of this study was to examine i...

    Authors: Chisa Shinsugi, Andrew Stickley, Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng and Chiho Watanabe
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 20:421
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  10. Devastating disasters may increase suicide rates due to mental distress. Previous domestic studies have reported decreased suicide rates among men following disasters. Few reports are available regarding facto...

    Authors: Masatsugu Orui, Shuichiro Harada and Mizuho Hayashi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:418
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  13. To measure current Hg, Cd, and Pb exposure in Japanese children, and to estimate dietary intakes of foods responsible for high body burden.

    Authors: Cimi Ilmiawati, Takahiko Yoshida, Toshihiro Itoh, Yoshihiko Nakagi, Yasuaki Saijo, Yoshihiko Sugioka, Mineshi Sakamoto, Akihiko Ikegami, Masanori Ogawa and Fujio Kayama
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 20:416
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

    The Letter to the Editor to this article has been published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 20:s12199-015-0460-8

  14. Biological monitoring of organophosphorus insecticide (OP) metabolites, specifically dialkylphosphates (DAP) in urine, plays a key role in low-level exposure assessment of OP in individuals. The aims of this s...

    Authors: Jun Ueyama, Isao Saito, Ayuko Takaishi, Hiroshi Nomura, Mai Inoue, Aya Osaka, Yuka Sugiura, Yumi Hayashi, Shinya Wakusawa, Hiroko Ogi, Kimio Inuzuka, Michihiro Kamijima and Takaaki Kondo
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:407
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  15. We investigated the specificity and structures of job-related stress in psychiatric dementia nurses (PDNs) caring for elderly patients with serious behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia who require...

    Authors: Hironori Yada, Hiroshi Abe, Xi Lu, Yuko Wakizaki, Hisamitsu Omori, Hisae Matsuo, Yasushi Ishida and Takahiko Katoh
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:414
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  16. Considering the potential for occupational sun exposure among state park workers, the purpose of this pilot study was to identify skin cancer knowledge, health beliefs, self-efficacy, and sun protection behavi...

    Authors: Vinayak K. Nahar, M. Allison Ford, Javier F. Boyas, Robert T. Brodell, Amanda Hutcheson, Robert E. Davis, Kim R. Beason, Martha A. Bass and Rizwana Biviji-Sharma
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:412
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  17. This study aimed to examine the association between lifestyle-related disorders and visceral fat mass, and to estimate an appropriate cutoff value for visceral fat mass that correlated with body mass index (BM...

    Authors: Hironobu Sanada, Hirohide Yokokawa, Junichi Yatabe, Scott M. Williams, Robin A. Felder, Pedro A. Jose and Seiichi Takenosita
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:411
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  18. During the last two decades, Sri Lanka, located close to the equator, has experienced an escalating incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) of unknown aetiology (CKDue) in dry zonal areas. Similar incidences...

    Authors: Sunil J. Wimalawansa
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:395
    Content type: Review Published on:

    The Letter to the Editor to this article has been published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 20:s12199-015-0445-7

    The Letter to the Editor to this article has been published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 20:s12199-015-0446-6

    The Letter to the Editor to this article has been published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 20:s12199-015-0441-y

  19. The primary goal of this study was to evaluate the incidence and characteristics of posttraumatic headache attributed to mild brain injury in military personnel in Iran within a prospective and observational s...

    Authors: Saeid Rezaei Jouzdani, Ali Ebrahimi, Maryam Rezaee, Mehdi Shishegar, Abbas Tavallaii and Gholamreza Kaka
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:409
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  20. Medications or lifestyle changes to prevent or improve hypertension often press considerable efforts on patients suffering from mild hypertension. Capsules including Umezu polyphenols (UP), polyphenols in Japanes...

    Authors: Shigeki Takemura, Kouichi Yoshimasu, Jin Fukumoto, Kanae Mure, Nobuhiro Nishio, Kunihiro Kishida, Fumiko Yano, Takahiko Mitani, Tatsuya Takeshita and Kazuhisa Miyashita
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:404
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  23. Muscular dystrophies are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of inherited myogenic disorders. In clinical tests for these diseases, creatine kinase (CK) is generally used as diagnostic blood-based...

    Authors: Yasunari Matsuzaka, Soichiro Kishi, Yoshitsugu Aoki, Hirofumi Komaki, Yasushi Oya, Shin-ichi Takeda and Kazuo Hashido
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:405
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  24. Silica particles and asbestos fibers, which are known as typical causatives of pneumoconiosis, induce lung fibrosis. Moreover, silicosis patients often complicate with autoimmune diseases, and asbestos-exposed...

    Authors: Suni Lee, Hidenori Matsuzaki, Naoko Kumagai-Takei, Kei Yoshitome, Megumi Maeda, Ying Chen, Masayasu Kusaka, Kozo Urakami, Hiroaki Hayashi, Wataru Fujimoto, Yasumitsu Nishimura and Takemi Otsuki
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:403
    Content type: Review Published on:

  25. The control of sleep/wakefulness is associated with the regulation of energy metabolism. The present experiment was designed to assess the effect of nocturnal blue light exposure on the control of sleep/wakefu...

    Authors: Momoko Kayaba, Kaito Iwayama, Hitomi Ogata, Yumi Seya, Ken Kiyono, Makoto Satoh and Kumpei Tokuyama
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:402
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 20:s12199-014-0422-6

  26. Exercise is effective for preventing the onset and development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in human cases; however, the effect of exercise on the pathophysiology using animal models of T2DM has not bee...

    Authors: Ancah Caesarina Novi Marchianti, Emi Arimura, Miharu Ushikai and Masahisa Horiuchi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:400
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  27. We aimed to identify who sustains needlestick and sharps injuries, under what circumstances and what actions are taken to minimize the risk and in response to intraoperative NSSIs.

    Authors: Parvin Lakbala, Ghasem Sobhani, Mahboobeh Lakbala, Kavoos Dindarloo Inaloo and Hamid Mahmoodi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:401
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  28. The aim of this study was to evaluate the link between circulating leptin levels and physical activity and/or physical fitness in apparently healthy Japanese.

    Authors: Nobuyuki Miyatake, Haruka Murakami, Ryoko Kawakami, Izumi Tabata and Motohiko Miyachi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:398
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  30. Due to the increased ultraviolet radiation, the incidence of melanoma is increasing worldwide more than that of any other cancer. In this study, the effects of irradiation of non-thermal atmospheric pressure p...

    Authors: Yasuhiro Omata, Machiko Iida, Ichiro Yajima, Kozue Takeda, Nobutaka Ohgami, Masaru Hori and Masashi Kato
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:399
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  31. The pandemic influenza A/H1N1 2009 virus is commonly known to affect younger individuals. Several epidemiological studies have clarified the epidemic features of university students in Japan. In this study, we...

    Authors: Mitsuo Uchida, Minoru Kaneko, Teruomi Tsukahara, Shinsuke Washizuka and Shigeyuki Kawa
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:396
    Content type: Review Published on:

  32. Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan 2010 (FCT) remain incomplete for iodine contents. This survey was initiated to develop a method to cope with this shortage and to find daily iodine intake of presch...

    Authors: Haruo Nakatsuka, Takao Watanabe, Shinichiro Shimbo, Hideyuki Sawatari, Kana Izumi, Kozue Yaginuma-Sakurai and Masayuki Ikeda
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:394
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  33. Serine protease inhibitor Kazal type-5 (SPINK5) plays a crucial role in deciding the timing of desquamation of the skin. Its gene expression is limited at the very surface of the stratum granulosum (SG), wher...

    Authors: Ngoc Anh Le, Midori Katsuyama, Masashi Demura, Hideji Tanii, Hironobu Katsuyama and Kiyofumi Saijoh
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:393
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  35. Although colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most frequent malignancies in Japan, the associated genetic factors remain to be elucidated. Functional loss of the transporter associated with antigen processing...

    Authors: Takenori Yamauchi, Shouhei Takeuchi, Naoki Maehara and Yoshiki Kuroda
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:388
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  36. Suicide peaks in late spring and October are still seen in Finland among many countries. Weather factors have been suggested as explanations for these peaks, although with inconsistent results. Since the exact...

    Authors: Laura Hiltunen, Jari Haukka, Reija Ruuhela, Kirsi Suominen and Timo Partonen
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:391
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  37. The aim of this study was to investigate the link between circulating adiponectin levels and peak oxygen uptake and/or physical activity in Japanese.

    Authors: Nobuyuki Miyatake, Takeyuki Numata, Haruka Murakami, Ryoko Kawakami, Kiyoshi Sanada, Izumi Tabata and Motohiko Miyachi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:390
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  38. Recent demographic changes, such as marriage at later ages and delayed childbearing, have contributed to the increased demand for ovum donation. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the frequency a...

    Authors: Yuri Hibino and Yosuke Shimazono
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:389
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  40. This study attempted to clarify the association between participation in a social group and perceived health among elderly residents of a previously methylmercury-polluted area in Japan.

    Authors: Mika Tanaka, Kayo Ushijima, Woncheol Sung, Minoru Kawakita, Shiro Tanaka, Yoshito Mukai, Kenji Tamura and Sadami Maruyama
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:387
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  41. The molecular mechanisms underlying the carcinogenic activity of not-directly mutagenic (Ames mutagenicity test-negative) carcinogens are not fully understood. Given recent findings that ectopic expression of...

    Authors: Masayuki Tatemichi, Harumi Hata and Toshio Nakadate
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:382
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  43. Lung function tests have become an integral part of assessment of pulmonary disease. Diseases of the respiratory system induced by occupational dusts are influenced by the duration of exposure. The aim of the...

    Authors: Tirthankar Ghosh, Somnath Gangopadhyay and Banibrata Das
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:384
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  44. The present analyses were initiated to elucidate changes in types of prevalently used organic solvents in various solvent workplaces in Japan during the past 30 years.

    Authors: Hirohiko Ukai, Hajime Samoto, Yasuhiro Nagasawa, Fumiko Ohashi and Masayuki Ikeda
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:383
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  45. Cardiovascular correlates of sleep disorders have not been well investigated in underserved populations. The aim of this door-to-door survey was to evaluate the association between sleep quality and cardiovasc...

    Authors: Oscar H. Del Brutto, Robertino M. Mera, Mauricio Zambrano, Victor J. Del Brutto and Pablo R. Castillo
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:379
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  47. To investigate the barriers to weight maintenance among university students in Kuwait by gender and obesity.

    Authors: Abdulrahman O. Musaiger, Fawzia I. Al-Kandari, Mariam Al-Mannai, Alaa M. Al-Faraj, Fajer A. Bouriki, Fatima S. Shehab, Lulwa A. Al-Dabous and Wassin B. Al-Qalaf
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:377
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  48. To investigate the link between serum vaspin levels and physical activity and/or physical fitness in Japanese.

    Authors: Nobuyuki Miyatake, Jun Wada, Atsuko Nakatsuka, Noriko Sakano, Sanae Teshigawara, Motohiko Miyachi, Izumi Tabata and Takeyuki Numata
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014 19:375
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

  49. In a recent cross-sectional investigation, we reported the intellectual function of adolescents (aged 14 and 15 years) in Bangladesh who had been exposed to arsenic (As). Here, we report a consecutive investi...

    Authors: Mst. Nasrin Nahar, Tsukasa Inaoka and Miho Fujimura
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2013 19:374
    Content type: Regular Article Published on:

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