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Nowadays, the bacterial contamination in the hospital environment is of particular concern because the hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), also known as nosocomial infections, are responsible for significant ...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:63
Published on: 2 August 2017
Research article
Asian-specific single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) (rs3782886) is reported to be associated with myocardial infarction; sarcopenia is reported to be associated with coronary subclinical atherosclerosis. On t...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:62
Published on: 27 July 2017
Review article
There is worldwide concern about the effects of environmental factors on children’s health and development. The Miami Declaration was signed at the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting in 1997 to promote children’...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:61
Published on: 14 July 2017
Short communication
The objective of the study was to examine the association between high and low temperature and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with cardiac etiology.
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:60
Published on: 13 July 2017
Research article
A man-made chemical disaster occurred in the Amur River, leading to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Nanai people indigenous to the river’s surrounding area. PTSD severity measured by the total scor...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:59
Published on: 10 July 2017
Research article
Members of the genus Acanthamoeba are widely distributed throughout the world, and some of them are considered pathogenic, as they are capable of causing corneal and central nervous system diseases. In this study...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:58
Published on: 30 June 2017
Erratum
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:57
Published on: 16 June 2017
The original article was published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:48
Research article
The aim of the performed study was to investigate personal and environmental factors as predictors of thermal sensation perceived by a population of students in a university setting.
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:56
Published on: 14 June 2017
Short communication
Numerous earlier studies examining the association of air pollution with maternal and foetal health estimated maternal exposure to air pollutants based on the women’s residential addresses. However, residentia...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:55
Published on: 13 June 2017
Research article
The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effects of a Sasa veitchii leaf extract (SE) on acetaminophen (APAP)-induced hepatotoxicity.
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:54
Published on: 12 June 2017
Review article
The immunological effects of asbestos exposure on various lymphocytes such as the regulatory T cell (Treg), responder CD4+ T helper cell (Tresp), CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), and natural killer (NK) cel...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:53
Published on: 9 June 2017
Research article
Low birth weight has been shown to be closely associated with neonatal mortality and morbidity, inhibited growth, poor cognitive development, and chronic diseases later in life. Some studies have also shown th...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:52
Published on: 8 June 2017
Study Protocol
As Japan becomes a super-aging society, presentation of the best ways to provide medical care for the elderly, and the direction of that care, are important national issues. Elderly people have multi-morbidity...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:51
Published on: 6 June 2017
Research article
This study was conducted in rapidly urbanizing Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to examine patterns of perceived neighborhood quality by residents and the associations between these patterns and self-reported general an...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:50
Published on: 31 May 2017
Research article
Involvement of agrochemicals have been suggested in the development of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu). The association between CKDu and blood level of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in CKD...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:49
Published on: 26 May 2017
Research article
Creating a successful intervention that supports an active lifestyle and prevents sedentary one requires a better understanding of the factors associated with physical inactivity (PI) and sedentary behavior (S...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:47
Published on: 18 May 2017
Research article
The Hokkaido Study on Environment and Children’s Health is an ongoing study consisting of two birth cohorts of different population sizes: the Sapporo cohort and the Hokkaido cohort. Our primary study goals ar...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:46
Published on: 18 May 2017
Research article
Stepfamilies remain poorly understood in Japanese society, and the support needs of stepfamily mothers are unclear. This study aimed to identify characteristics of stepfamilies and maternal mental health as co...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:48
Published on: 18 May 2017
The Erratum to this article has been published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:57
Research article
It is generally acknowledged that the determination of harmful chemical compounds excreted into saliva is useful for assessing their exposure levels. The aim of the present study was to compare the total arsen...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:45
Published on: 11 May 2017
Research article
Antibiotic resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as one of the most problematic hospital acquired pathogens around the world. This study was designed to investigate the presence of antibiotic resistant A....
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:44
Published on: 8 May 2017
Research article
The main aim of the study was to examine the cross-sectional associations between objectively measured physical activity (PA) and body fatness in 7–12-year-old children.
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:43
Published on: 28 April 2017
Research article
Smoking is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases as well as pulmonary dysfunction. In particular, adolescent smoking has been reported to have a higher latent risk for cardiovascular disease. Despite the r...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:42
Published on: 24 April 2017
Short communication
RNF213 p.R4810K was identified as a susceptibility variant for moyamoya disease in Asia and non-moyamoya intracranial artery stenosis/occlusion disease in Japan and Korea recently. The...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:41
Published on: 24 April 2017
Research article
The recent National Nutrition Survey of 2013 demonstrated that 16.7% of women in childbearing age are underweight, and 5.0–10.0% of these women manifested a Hemoglobin (Hb) level less than 11.0 g/dl. The purpo...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:40
Published on: 20 April 2017
Research article
The effects of prenatal exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), methylmercury, and lead on birth weight remain disputable. The aim of this study was to investigate whether these chemicals affect birth w...
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2017 22:39
Published on: 12 April 2017
