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  4. To clarify the effects of forced or voluntary exercise on autonomic modulation of the cardiovascular system, we monitored changes in autonomic nervous activity in a mature rat by spectral analysis of the heart...

    Authors: Takashi Kumae
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2012 17:272
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  5. Recent increases in the number of obese individuals and individuals suffering from lifestyle-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, that accompany obesity have become a serious social problem. White adipos...

    Authors: Takuya Sakurai, Junetsu Ogasawara, Takako Kizaki, Yoshinaga Ishibashi, Yoshikazu Sumitani, Kazuto Takahashi, Hitoshi Ishida, Hiromi Miyazaki, Daizoh Saitoh, Shukoh Haga, Tetsuya Izawa and Hideki Ohno
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2012 17:271
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  6. The mitochondrial DNA 5178 cytosine/adenine (Mt5178 C/A) polymorphism is reportedly associated with longevity in the Japanese population, and the Mt5178A genotype may exert anti-atherogenic effects. The aim of...

    Authors: Rie Honmyo, Akatsuki Kokaze, Kanae Karita, Masao Yoshida, Mamoru Ishikawa and Hideki Ohno
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2012 17:268
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  7. To investigate breakfast eating habits on daily energy and fish, vegetable, and fruit intake in Japanese adolescents.

    Authors: Shinichi Sugiyama, Masayuki Okuda, Satoshi Sasaki, Ichiro Kunitsugu and Tatsuya Hobara
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2012 17:270
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  12. It is unclear whether gait speed can be used to predict bone status or to diagnose osteopenia or osteoporosis. The aim of our study was to determine whether the measurement of physical performance predicts bon...

    Authors: Takahiko Sakazaki, Teruhiko Koike, Yuji Yanagimoto and Yoshiharu Oshida
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2012 17:267
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  13. To analyze and assess health risk awareness of youth migrants in China and the factors that influence it, and to provide evidence for making health promotion interventions and decreasing health risks among Chi...

    Authors: Yuhui Shi, Ying Ji, Jing Sun, Yanling Wang, Xinying Sun, Chaoyang Li, Dongxu Wang and Chun Chang
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2012 17:264
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  15. It is well known that manganese (Mn) exposure is involved in parkinsonism. The aim of our study was to test the hypotheses that Mn affects nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) activity, increases the metabolis...

    Authors: Yayoi Mori, Akiko Sugawara, Masayoshi Tsuji, Takeyasu Kakamu, Satoshi Tsuboi, Hideyuki Kanda, Takehito Hayakawa and Tetsuhito Fukushima
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2012 17:262
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  16. The aim of the study was to test whether estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) gene polymorphisms are correlated with the risk of the development of endometriosis in Japanese women, as a preliminary study.

    Authors: Yasunari Matsuzaka, Yukie Y. Kikuti, Shun-ichiro Izumi, Kenichi Goya, Takahiro Suzuki, Li-yi Cai, Akira Oka, Hidetoshi Inoko, Jerzy K. Kulski and Minoru Kimura
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2012 17:259
    Content type: Short communication Published on:

  17. The relationship between the incidence of cardiovascular disease and the state of oxidative stress in blood has been studied to some extent. Several lines of evidence underscore the importance of primary preve...

    Authors: Terumi Kogawa, Miya Nishimura, Shizuka Kurauchi and Ikuo Kashiwakura
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:261
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  18. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of aqueous extract of Eleusine indica to protect against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced hepatic injury in rats.

    Authors: Mohammad Iqbal and Charles Gnanaraj
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:255
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  19. Inherited impairment of xenobiotic metabolism is a postulated mechanism underlying environmentally associated pathogeneses such as multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). Using the Quick Environmental Exposure an...

    Authors: Saeko Fujimori, Mizue Hiura, Cui Xiao Yi, Lu Xi and Takahiko Katoh
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:260
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  20. This study aims to investigate the effect of cigarette smoking on paraoxonase 1 (PON1) activity according to PON1 L55M and PON1 Q192R gene polymorphisms.

    Authors: Dhouha Haj Mouhamed, Asma Ezzaher, Anwar Mechri, Fadoua Neffati, Asma Omezzine, Ali Bouslama, Lotfi Gaha, Wahiba Douki and Mohamed Fadhel Najjar
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:256
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  21. To describe disaster preparedness among chronically ill patients and to examine how differences in health, functional, and disability conditions are associated with disaster preparedness, focusing on rheumatoi...

    Authors: Jun Tomio, Hajime Sato and Hiroko Mizumura
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:257
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  22. Socioeconomic inequalities in healthcare services are major public health and healthcare concerns. We have examined the association of income with symptoms, morbidities and healthcare usage in a national sampl...

    Authors: Yoshiharu Fukuda and Ayako Hiyoshi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:254
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  25. This study aims to estimate the ecological exposure of adult residents of Fukushima Prefecture to 134cesium (Cs) and 137Cs through ingestion and inhalation between July 2 and July 8, 2011.

    Authors: Akio Koizumi, Kouji H. Harada, Tamon Niisoe, Ayumu Adachi, Yukiko Fujii, Toshiaki Hitomi, Hatasu Kobayashi, Yasuhiko Wada, Takao Watanabe and Hirohiko Ishikawa
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:251
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  26. We aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that the presence of an interaction between smoking and being overweight increases the risks of lifestyle-related diseases (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, an...

    Authors: Midori Nishiyama, Michio Kimijima, Takashi Muto and Kazumoto Kimura
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:250
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  27. To determine the impact of long-term voluntary exercise, representing habitual exercise for the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases, on glucose, lipid, and amino acid metabolism in mice.

    Authors: Haruko Takeshita, Masahisa Horiuchi, Kimiko Izumo, Hiroaki Kawaguchi, Emi Arimura, Kohji Aoyama and Toru Takeuchi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:249
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  28. Chronic inorganic arsenic (iAs) exposure currently affects tens of millions of people worldwide. To accurately determine the proportion of urinary arsenic metabolites in residents continuously exposed to iAs, ...

    Authors: Akihisa Hata, Kenzo Yamanaka, Mohamed Ahsan Habib, Yoko Endo, Noboru Fujitani and Ginji Endo
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:247
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  29. To compare cancer mortality among A-bomb survivors exposed as children with cancer mortality among an unexposed control group (the entire population of Japan, JPCG).

    Authors: Hitomi Goto, Tomoyuki Watanabe, Masaru Miyao, Hiromi Fukuda, Yuzo Sato and Yoshiharu Oshida
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:246
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  31. Measurement of released lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity, a commonly used marker of lethal cell injury in both in vitro and in vivo screenings, has been used to assess the cytotoxicity of nanoparticles (NP...

    Authors: Mazen S. K. Zaqout, Tomoyuki Sumizawa, Hideki Igisu, Donald Wilson, Toshihiko Myojo and Susumu Ueno
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:245
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  32. Chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) in North Central Province of Sri Lanka has become a key public health concern in the agricultural sector due to the dramatic rise in its prevalence and morta...

    Authors: Shanika Nanayakkara, Toshiyuki Komiya, Neelakanthi Ratnatunga, S. T. M. L. D. Senevirathna, Kouji H. Harada, Toshiaki Hitomi, Glenda Gobe, Eri Muso, Tilak Abeysekera and Akio Koizumi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:243
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  33. This descriptive study of 314 students was conducted to determine whether there were any relationships of their demographic variables with a health-promoting lifestyle profile.

    Authors: Chang-Nian Wei, Koichi Harada, Kimiyo Ueda, Kumiko Fukumoto, Keiko Minamoto and Atsushi Ueda
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:244
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  34. Scale development of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures, including physical and mental health measures, among public datasets from Japan is needed for comparative studies on health conditions amon...

    Authors: Akihiro Nishi, Haruko Noguchi, Hideki Hashimoto and Nanako Tamiya
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:240
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  35. A growing number of epidemiological studies have demonstrated that the consumption of green tea inhibits the growth of a variety of cancers. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), the most abundant catechin in green...

    Authors: Noriyuki Nishimura, Tri Budi Hartomo, Thi Van Huyen Pham, Myeong Jin Lee, Tomoto Yamamoto, Satoru Morikawa, Daiichiro Hasegawa, Hiroki Takeda, Keiichiro Kawasaki, Yoshiyuki Kosaka, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Ikuko Kubokawa, Takeshi Mori, Tomoko Yanai, Akira Hayakawa, Yasuhiro Takeshima…
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:239
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  36. The alarming rise in the prevalence of chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) among the low socioeconomic farming community in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka has been recognized as an eme...

    Authors: Lalantha Senevirathna, Tilak Abeysekera, Shanika Nanayakkara, Rohana Chandrajith, Neelakanthi Ratnatunga, Kouji H. Harada, Toshiaki Hitomi, Toshiyuki Komiya, Eri Muso and Akio Koizumi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:237
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  37. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major public health problem. Epidemiological studies of the relationship between alcohol intake and CKD are scarce in Japan. This cross-sectional study aims to investigate the...

    Authors: Yayoi Funakoshi, Hisamitsu Omori, Ayumi Onoue, Shuichi Mihara, Yasuhiro Ogata and Takahiko Katoh
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:238
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  38. Research on the respiratory effect of exposure to solder fumes in electronics workers has been conducted since the 1970s, but has yielded inconsistent results. The aim of this meta-analysis was to clarify the ...

    Authors: Angelico Mendy, Janvier Gasana, Erick Forno, Edgar Ramos Vieira and Charissa Dowdye
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:236
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  39. To clarify the renal effects of cigarette smoking in a middle-aged occupational population because the effects have previously been demonstrated mainly in community populations that included many elderly peopl...

    Authors: Yuka Noborisaka, Masao Ishizaki, Minori Nakata, Yuichi Yamada, Ryumon Honda, Hitoshi Yokoyama, Masaru Miyao and Masaji Tabata
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:234
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  40. Serum albumin and activities of daily living (ADL) are associated with each other, but whether the association is causal is not known. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a causal association ex...

    Authors: Kaori Kitamura, Kazutoshi Nakamura, Tomoko Nishiwaki, Kimiko Ueno, Akemi Nakazawa and Mariko Hasegawa
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:233
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  41. Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most heavily affected by HIV infection. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Congolese students of risk behaviors for sexual transmissio...

    Authors: Nlandu Roger Ngatu, Ryoji Hirota, Masamitsu Eitoku, Basilua Andre Muzembo, Makoto Nishimori, Manatsu Kuramochi, Shuhei Shintani, Shin Inoue, Ruriko Takiuchi, Marina Maegawa, Daniel Ribble, Muaka Anselme Mbenza, Nani-Tuma Hippolyte Situakibanza, Pita Damien Mbanzulu and Narufumi Suganuma
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:232
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  42. Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are increasing worldwide, and preventive measures are an urgent need and primary concern today.

    Authors: Kazuya Kitamori, Hisao Naito, Hazuki Tamada, Miya Kobayashi, Daisuke Miyazawa, Yuko Yasui, Kunihiro Sonoda, Satoru Tsuchikura, Naomi Yasui, Katsumi Ikeda, Takashi Moriya, Yukio Yamori and Tamie Nakajima
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:235
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  43. The age-related effects of fasting on lipolysis, the production of ketone bodies, and plasma insulin levels were studied in male 3-, 8-, and 32-week-old Sprague–Dawley rats.

    Authors: Yuriko Higashino-Matsui, Ken Shirato, Yuko Suzuki, Yu Kawashima, Yui Someya, Shogo Sato, Akira Shiraishi, Manabu Jinde, Akiko Matsumoto, Hisashi Ideno, Kaoru Tachiyashiki and Kazuhiko Imaizumi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:231
    Content type: Short Communication Published on:

  44. Quality of life (QOL) was compared between elderly patients treated with cardiac surgery (cardiac surgery group) and general elderly nonoperated individuals (control group) to clarify differences in QOL-associ...

    Authors: Kiyoko Terashima, Yoko Yoshimura, Kazuyoshi Hirai and Yukinori Kusaka
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:230
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  45. On 11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. Due to this earthquake and subsequent tsunami, malfunctions occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Radioactive material even reached ...

    Authors: Masayoshi Tsuji, Hideyuki Kanda, Takeyasu Kakamu, Daisuke Kobayashi, Masao Miyake, Takehito Hayakawa, Yayoi Mori, Toshiyasu Okochi, Akihiro Hazama and Tetsuhito Fukushima
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:229
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  46. The 2004 Niigata–Chuetsu earthquake of Japan caused a great deal of damage, and people living in the affected region are still struggling to reconstruct their lives. The aim of this study was to determine fact...

    Authors: Mari Oyama, Kazutoshi Nakamura, Yuko Suda and Toshiyuki Someya
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:225
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  47. In the North Central Province of Sri Lanka, chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDue) has increased markedly over the past 15–20 years.

    Authors: Shanika Nanayakkara, S. T. M. L. D. Senevirathna, Upul Karunaratne, Rohana Chandrajith, Kouji H. Harada, Toshiaki Hitomi, Takao Watanabe, Tilak Abeysekera, T. N. C. Aturaliya and Akio Koizumi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:224
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  48. The effect of a severely stressful situation (sleep restriction and psychological load) on the diurnal changes in novel tryptamine-related compounds (hydroxydiacetyltryptamine, sulphatoxymelatonin, and dihydro...

    Authors: Masayasu Minami, Hideyo Takahashi, Tsukasa Sasaki, Shun Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Sakai, Hirofumi Inagaki, Yuko Yamano and Hirotsugu Miyake
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:222
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  49. The prediction of influenza epidemics has long been the focus of attention in epidemiology and mathematical biology. In this study, we tested whether time series analysis was useful for predicting the incidenc...

    Authors: Ayako Sumi and Ken-ichi Kamo
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:223
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  50. Psychological distress is a health issue of critical importance, especially in people of working age in developed countries, including Japan. This study examined the relationships of income and employment arra...

    Authors: Yoshiharu Fukuda and Ayako Hiyoshi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2011 17:212
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