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  1. Many epidemiological studies on the health effects of air pollutants have been carried out in regions with major sources such as factories and automobiles. However, the health effects of air pollutants in regi...

    Authors: Yoshiko Yoda, Hiroshi Takagi, Junko Wakamatsu, Takeshi Ito, Ryouhei Nakatsubo, Yosuke Horie, Takatoshi Hiraki and Masayuki Shima
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:33
  2. Accumulating evidence from medical workforce research indicates that poor work/life balance and increased work/home conflict induce psychological distress. In this study we aim to examine the existence of a pr...

    Authors: Yuki Chatani, Kyoko Nomura, Saki Horie, Keisuke Takemoto, Masumi Takeuchi, Yukifumi Sasamori, Shinichi Takenoshita, Aya Murakami, Haruko Hiraike, Hiroko Okinaga and Derek Smith
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:32
  3. Habitual active commuting to school may be positively associated with academic achievement. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between duration of walking or otherwise actively commuting to ...

    Authors: Antonio García-Hermoso, Jose M. Saavedra, Jordi Olloquequi and Robinson Ramírez-Vélez
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:31
  4. Arm span is an important measure for the assessment of growth and hormone deficiency diseases. In an epidemiological survey, with a large number of subjects’ indicators, it is especially valuable to establish ...

    Authors: Mayumi Tsuji, Tadayuki Ayabe, Rie Tanaka, Ayako Senju, Eiji Shibata, Shunsuke Araki, Seiichi Morokuma, Masafumi Sanefuji, Koichi Kusuhara and Toshihiro Kawamoto
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:28
  5. Pregnant women and their fetus belong to a sensitive group in response to air pollution hazards. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a theory-based educational program to change pollutio...

    Authors: Marzieh Araban, Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian, Saeed Motesaddi Zarandi, Ali Reza Hidarnia, Andrea Burri and Ali Montazeri
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:26
  6. Although maternal age at first birth has been rising in many developed countries, its long-term effects on the health of the mothers themselves are unclear. In this study, we investigated the relationship betw...

    Authors: Taichi Sakai, Yumi Sugawara, Ikue Watanabe, Takashi Watanabe, Yasutake Tomata, Naoki Nakaya and Ichiro Tsuji
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:24
  7. N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) may have multiple beneficial effects on the outcome of pregnancy, maternal health and child development. The present study introduced the protocol of a birth cohort s...

    Authors: Shoji Saito, Terue Kawabata, Nozomi Tatsuta, Fumiko Kimura, Teruo Miyazawa, Satoshi Mizuno, Hidekazu Nishigori, Takahiro Arima, Yasuo Kagawa, Kouichi Yoshimasu, Kanami Tsuno, Yuki Ito, Michihiro Kamijima, Kunihiko Nakai and Nobuo Yaegashi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:22
  8. In May 2009, the Chinese government raised cigarette excise tax rates and adjusted standards for Grade A cigarettes and Grade B cigarettes. The present study aimed to examine the effects of the tax adjustments...

    Authors: Qing Wang
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:21
  9. Occupational stress is a known factor behind employee resignations; thus, early identification of individuals prone to such stress is important. Accordingly, in this pilot study we evaluated potential predicto...

    Authors: Shinobu Okita, Satoshi Daitoku, Masaharu Abe, Emi Arimura, Hitoshi Setoyama, Chihaya Koriyama, Miharu Ushikai, Hiroaki Kawaguchi and Masahisa Horiuchi
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:20
  10. Little information is available on the epidemiology of hypertension and prehypertension at high altitude in China, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension, prehypertension and the...

    Authors: Yang Shen, Chun Chang, Jingru Zhang, Ying Jiang, Bingying Ni and Yanling Wang
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:19
  11. Effective social problem-solving abilities can contribute to decreased risk of poor mental health. In addition, physical activity has a favorable effect on mental health. These previous studies suggest that ph...

    Authors: Toshimasa Sone, Yousuke Kawachi, Chihiro Abe, Yuki Otomo, Yul-wan Sung and Seiji Ogawa
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:18
  12. Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a major reason for presentation to pediatric primary emergency medical centers. Because rotavirus vaccines were introduced in November 2011 for voluntary vaccination in Japan, we...

    Authors: Ichiro Morioka, Naohiro Kamiyoshi, Masahiro Nishiyama, Tomohiko Yamamura, Shogo Minamikawa, Sota Iwatani, Hiroaki Nagase, Kandai Nozu, Noriyuki Nishimura, Mariko Taniguchi-Ikeda, Kazuto Ishibashi, Akihito Ishida and Kazumoto Iijima
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:15
  13. To search for more effective radiation protectors with minimal toxicity, a water-soluble nitroxides Acetamido-Tempol (AA-Tempol) was evaluated for potential radioprotective properties in HUVEC cells (Human Umb...

    Authors: Feng Wang, Peng Gao, Ling Guo, Ping Meng, Yuexing Fan, Yongbin Chen, Yanyun Lin, Guozhen Guo, Guirong Ding and Haibo Wang
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:14
  14. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between airflow limitation (AL) severity and comorbidities in comprehensive health examination.

    Authors: Shota Masuda, Hisamitsu Omori, Ayumi Onoue, Xi Lu, Kenichi Kubota, Noritaka Higashi, Yasuhiro Ogata and Takahiko Katoh
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:13
  15. Road-traffic emissions (RTE) induce adverse health effects, notably respiratory symptoms and respiratory diseases, as a result of pollutants deposited into the respiratory tract. The aim of this study was to e...

    Authors: Etongola Papy Mbelambela, Ryoji Hirota, Masamitsu Eitoku, Sifa Marie Joelle Muchanga, Hidenori Kiyosawa, Kahoko Yasumitsu-Lovell, Ontshick Leader Lawanga and Narufumi Suganuma
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:11
  16. The objective of this study was to assess the antihypertensive medication adherence in patients who were newly diagnosed with hypertension in Korea.

    Authors: Hyoseon Jeong, Hyeongsu Kim, Kunsei Lee, Jung Hyun Lee, Hye Mi Ahn, Soon Ae Shin and Vitna Kim
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:10
  17. This study examined the factors associated with nurses’ willingness to care for patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B or C virus (HBV/HCV) in Vietnam.

    Authors: Tomohiro Ishimaru, Koji Wada, Huong Thi Xuan Hoang, Anh Thi My Bui, Hung Dinh Nguyen, Hung Le and Derek R. Smith
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:9
  18. The impact of wearing lenses on visual and musculoskeletal complaints in VDU workers is currently unknown. The goal of this study was 1) to evaluate the impact of wearing VDU lenses on visual fatigue and self-...

    Authors: Barbara Cagnie, Kayleigh De Meulemeester, Lieselotte Saeys, Lieven Danneels, Liesbet Vandenbulcke and Birgit Castelein
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:8
  19. Studies on the association of plasma-free amino acids with gout are very limited and produced conflicting results. Therefore, we sought to explore and characterize the plasma-free amino acid (PFAA) profile in ...

    Authors: MH Mahbub, Natsu Yamaguchi, Hidekazu Takahashi, Ryosuke Hase, Hiroki Amano, Mikiko Kobayashi-Miura, Hideyuki Kanda, Yasuyuki Fujita, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Mai Yamamoto, Shinya Kikuchi, Atsuko Ikeda, Naoko Kageyama, Mina Nakamura, Yasutaka Ishimaru, Hiroshi Sunagawa…
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:7
  20. China has the world’s largest population and the stroke has become the leading cause of death in recent years. The purpose of this study was to explore the associations between hypertension, family history of ...

    Authors: Song Zhang, Zheng Liu, Yong-Liang Liu, Yu-Ling Wang, Tao Liu and Xiang-Bin Cui
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:6
  21. Possible relationship between semen quality (semen volume, sperm concentration and sperm motility) and parabens exposure was investigated in male partners of couples who visited a gynecology clinic in Tokyo fo...

    Authors: Yukiko Nishihama, Hiroki Toshima, Jun Yoshinaga, Yoshifumi Mizumoto, Miyuki Yoneyama, Daisuke Nakajima, Hiroaki Shiraishi and Susumu Tokuoka
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:5
  22. Superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1, OMIM: 147450) is one of the major antioxidant enzymes, which plays a vital role in clearance of reactive oxygen species. A genetic polymorphism of 50 bp insertion/deletion (Ins/De...

    Authors: Khyber Saify and Mostafa Saadat
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:4
  23. The Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) and subsequent tsunamis that occurred in 2011 caused extensive and severe structural damage and interrupted numerous research activities; however, the majority of such ac...

    Authors: Toru Tsuboya, Mariko Inoue, Michihiro Satoh and Kei Asayama
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:3
  24. A population survey was conducted in an urban shantytown in Bangladesh, as a baseline study of future epidemiological studies. This paper aims to describe the findings of the study, including the population pr...

    Authors: Md. Khalequzzaman, Chifa Chiang, Bilqis Amin Hoque, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Saika Nizam, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Akiko Matsuyama, Yoshihisa Hirakawa, Syed Shariful Islam, Hiroyasu Iso and Atsuko Aoyama
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:1
  25. To prevent the onset of lifestyle-related diseases associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Japan, research into the development of a useful screening method is strongly desired. We developed a new screeni...

    Authors: Ce Tan, Yutaka Sasagawa, Ken-ichi Kamo, Takehiro Kukitsu, Sayaka Noda, Kazuma Ishikawa, Natsumi Yamauchi, Takashi Saikawa, Takanori Noro, Hajime Nakamura, Fumihiko Takahashi, Fumihiro Sata, Mitsuhiro Tada and Yasuo Kokai
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2016 21:568
  26. Authors: Masami Kitaoka, Junko Mitoma, Hiroki Asakura, Olando Enoch Anyenda, Thao Thi Thu Nguyen, Toshio Hamagishi, Daisuke Hori, Fumihiko Suzuki, Aki Shibata, Masae Horii, Hiromasa Tsujiguchi, Yuri Hibino, Yasuhiro Kambayashi, Yoshiaki Hitomi, Naoto Shikura and Nakamura Hiroyuki
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2016 21:525

    The original article was published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2016 21:s12199-016-0514-6

  27. The law in Japan requires the declaration of a state of emergency and implementation of countermeasures for an epidemic of a new infectious disease. However, because a state of emergency has never been declare...

    Authors: Takenori Yamauchi, Shouhei Takeuchi, Yoichiro Horii, Yuko Yamano, Yoshiki Kuroda and Toshio Nakadate
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2016 21:517
  28. Authors: Sei Harada, Toru Takebayashi, Ayako Kurihara, Miki Akiyama, Asako Suzuki, Yoko Hatakeyama, Daisuke Sugiyama, Kazuyo Kuwabara, Ayano Takeuchi, Tomonori Okamura, Yuji Nishiwaki, Taichiro Tanaka, Akiyoshi Hirayama, Masahiro Sugimoto, Tomoyoshi Soga and Masaru Tomita
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2016 21:519

    The original article was published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 21:s12199-015-0494-y

  29. Authors: Abdurrahman Abakay, Abdullah Cetin Tanrikulu, Mehmet Sefik Imamoglu, Mustafa Ayhan, Mahsuk Taylan, Muhammet Ali Kaplan and Ozlem Abakay
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2016 21:508

    The original article was published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 21:s12199-015-0501-3

  30. The cerebrovascular disorder moyamoya disease (MMD) was first described in 1957 in Japan, and is typically considered to be an Asian-specific disease. However, it is globally recognized as one of the major ca...

    Authors: Akio Koizumi, Hatasu Kobayashi, Toshiaki Hitomi, Kouji H. Harada, Toshiyuki Habu and Shohab Youssefian
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 21:498
  31. Metabolomics is a promising approach to the identification of biomarkers in plasma. Here, we performed a population-based, cross-sectional study to identify potential biomarkers of alcohol intake and alcohol-i...

    Authors: Sei Harada, Toru Takebayashi, Ayako Kurihara, Miki Akiyama, Asako Suzuki, Yoko Hatakeyama, Daisuke Sugiyama, Kazuyo Kuwabara, Ayano Takeuchi, Tomonori Okamura, Yuji Nishiwaki, Taichiro Tanaka, Akiyoshi Hirayama, Masahiro Sugimoto, Tomoyoshi Soga and Masaru Tomita
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 21:494

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2016 21:s12199-016-0519-1

  32. To assess the difference between self-reported and measured weight values in Japanese men and women and to determine the underlying determinants of the differences between self-reported and measured values.

    Authors: Akane Anai, Kimiyo Ueda, Koichi Harada, Takahiko Katoh, Kumiko Fukumoto and Chang-Nian Wei
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 20:489
  33. The first autochthonous case of dengue fever in Japan since 1945 was reported on August 27, 2014. Infection was transmitted by Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park. A total of 65 cases with no histo...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Furuya
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 20:488
  34. The purpose of the present study was to analyze birth defects (congenital anomalies) after assisted reproductive technology (ART) according to the method of treatment, namely in vitro fertilization (IVF), intr...

    Authors: Syuichi Ooki
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 20:486
  35. This study was performed to determine the occupational risks and their effects on the work stress of the health professionals working in state hospitals in the Southeast of Turkey.

    Authors: Nilgün Ulutaşdemir, Habip Balsak, Özlem Berhuni, Emine Özdemir and Esra Ataşalan
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 20:481
  36. To examine the participation, implementation, and effect of the prenatal education curriculum provided by hospitals in China, and to provide evidence for the improvement of prenatal education.

    Authors: Yuhui Shi, Dongxu Wang, Yanfei Yuan, Ying Jiang, Qingqi Zeng and Chun Chang
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 20:480
  37. The aim of this study was to correlate different combinations of manganese (Mn) and iron (Fe) concentration in drinking water with prevalence of dental caries in both primary and permanent dentition, among sc...

    Authors: Eirini Tsanidou, Evangelia Nena, Alexandros Rossos, Zhanna Lendengolts, Christos Nikolaidis, Athanasios Tselebonis and Theodoros C. Constantinidis
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 20:482
  38. It would be quite convenient if daily dietary cadmium intake (Cd-D) can be estimated either from Cd in blood (Cd-B) or from Cd in urine (Cd-U). The aim of the study was to examine if Cd-D can be estimated from...

    Authors: Masayuki Ikeda, Haruo Nakatsuka, Takao Watanabe and Shinichiro Shimbo
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2015 20:479