Ausgabe 1/2017
Inhalt (82 Artikel)
Population profile and residential environment of an urban poor community in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Md. Khalequzzaman, Chifa Chiang, Bilqis Amin Hoque, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Saika Nizam, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Akiko Matsuyama, Yoshihisa Hirakawa, Syed Shariful Islam, Hiroyasu Iso, Atsuko Aoyama
Simple reaction time and obesity in children: whether there is a relationship?
Akbar Moradi, Samad Esmaeilzadeh
Perspectives acquired through long-term epidemiological studies on the Great East Japan Earthquake
Toru Tsuboya, Mariko Inoue, Michihiro Satoh, Kei Asayama
Influence of a 50bp Ins/Del polymorphism at promoter of the superoxide dismutase-1 on gene expression and risk of heroin dependency
Khyber Saify, Mostafa Saadat
Paraben exposure and semen quality of Japanese male partners of subfertile couples
Yukiko Nishihama, Hiroki Toshima, Jun Yoshinaga, Yoshifumi Mizumoto, Miyuki Yoneyama, Daisuke Nakajima, Hiroaki Shiraishi, Susumu Tokuoka
Prevalence of stroke and associated risk factors among middle-aged and older farmers in western China
Song Zhang, Zheng Liu, Yong-Liang Liu, Yu-Ling Wang, Tao Liu, Xiang-Bin Cui
Alteration in plasma free amino acid levels and its association with gout
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, Tsuyoshi Tanabe
The impact of different lenses on visual and musculoskeletal complaints in VDU workers with work-related neck complaints: a randomized controlled trial
Barbara Cagnie, Kayleigh De Meulemeester, Lieselotte Saeys, Lieven Danneels, Liesbet Vandenbulcke, Birgit Castelein
Nurses’ willingness to care for patients infected with HIV or Hepatitis B / C in Vietnam
Tomohiro Ishimaru, Koji Wada, Huong Thi Xuan Hoang, Anh Thi My Bui, Hung Dinh Nguyen, Hung Le, Derek R. Smith
Medical visits, antihypertensive prescriptions and medication adherence among newly diagnosed hypertensive patients in Korea
Hyoseon Jeong, Hyeongsu Kim, Kunsei Lee, Jung Hyun Lee, Hye Mi Ahn, Soon Ae Shin, Vitna Kim
Occupation exposed to road-traffic emissions and respiratory health among Congolese transit workers, particularly bus conductors, in Kinshasa: a cross-sectional study
Etongola Papy Mbelambela, Ryoji Hirota, Masamitsu Eitoku, Sifa Marie Joelle Muchanga, Hidenori Kiyosawa, Kahoko Yasumitsu-Lovell, Ontshick Leader Lawanga, Narufumi Suganuma
Description of the healthy eating indices-based diet quality in Turkish adults: a cross-sectional study
Eda Koksal, Merve Seyda Karacil Ermumcu, Hande Mortas
Comorbidities according to airflow limitation severity: data from comprehensive health examination in Japan
Shota Masuda, Hisamitsu Omori, Ayumi Onoue, Xi Lu, Kenichi Kubota, Noritaka Higashi, Yasuhiro Ogata, Takahiko Katoh
Radio-protective effect and mechanism of 4-Acetamido-2,2,6,6- tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl in HUVEC cells
Feng Wang, Peng Gao, Ling Guo, Ping Meng, Yuexing Fan, Yongbin Chen, Yanyun Lin, Guozhen Guo, Guirong Ding, Haibo Wang
Changes in the numbers of patients with acute gastroenteritis after voluntary introduction of the rotavirus vaccine in a Japanese children’s primary emergency medical center
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, Kazumoto Iijima
Personal perspective on Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Hidekuni Inadera
High prevalence of dental fluorosis among adolescents is a growing concern: a school based cross-sectional study from Southern India
Anand Verma, Bharatesh K. Shetty, Vasudeva Guddattu, Mehul K. Chourasia, Prachi Pundir
Attitude and practice of physical activity and social problem-solving ability among university students
Toshimasa Sone, Yousuke Kawachi, Chihiro Abe, Yuki Otomo, Yul-wan Sung, Seiji Ogawa
Prevalence and risk factors associated with hypertension and prehypertension in a working population at high altitude in China: a cross-sectional study
Yang Shen, Chun Chang, Jingru Zhang, Ying Jiang, Bingying Ni, Yanling Wang
Potential predictors of susceptibility to occupational stress in Japanese novice nurses - a pilot study
Shinobu Okita, Satoshi Daitoku, Masaharu Abe, Emi Arimura, Hitoshi Setoyama, Chihaya Koriyama, Miharu Ushikai, Hiroaki Kawaguchi, Masahisa Horiuchi
The relation between cigarette taxes and older adult smoking in Zhejiang and Gansu: what happened following the 2009 Chinese Tax adjustments?
Qing Wang
Determinants of polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations in erythrocytes of pregnant Japanese women from a birth cohort study: study protocol and baseline findings of an adjunct study of the Japan environment & Children’s study
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, Nobuo Yaegashi
Psychosocial factors and colleagues’ perceptions of return-to-work opportunities for workers with a psychiatric disorder: a Japanese population-based study
Hisashi Eguchi, Koji Wada, Yoshiyuki Higuchi, Derek R. Smith
Age at first birth and long-term mortality for mothers: the Ohsaki cohort study
Taichi Sakai, Yumi Sugawara, Ikue Watanabe, Takashi Watanabe, Yasutake Tomata, Naoki Nakaya, Ichiro Tsuji
Association of Asian Dust with daily medical consultations for pollinosis in Fukuoka City, Japan
Soyoko Sakata, Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Reiko Kishikawa, Chiho Watanabe
A behavioral strategy to minimize air pollution exposure in pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial
Marzieh Araban, Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian, Saeed Motesaddi Zarandi, Ali Reza Hidarnia, Andrea Burri, Ali Montazeri
The effect of exercise intensity on brain derived neurotrophic factor and memory in adolescents
Yong Kyun Jeon, Chang Ho Ha
Comparative study on three different methods for arm-span measurement: the Japan environment and Children’s study pilot
Mayumi Tsuji, Tadayuki Ayabe, Rie Tanaka, Ayako Senju, Eiji Shibata, Shunsuke Araki, Seiichi Morokuma, Masafumi Sanefuji, Koichi Kusuhara, Toshihiro Kawamoto
Classification of indoor-outdoor location using combined global positioning system (GPS) and temperature data for personal exposure assessment
B. Lee, C. Lim, K. Lee
Anorexia nervosa, depression and suicidal thoughts among Chinese adolescents: a national school-based cross-sectional study
Qiguo Lian, Xiayun Zuo, Yanyan Mao, Shan Luo, Shucheng Zhang, Xiaowen Tu, Chaohua Lou, Weijin Zhou
Associations between the duration of active commuting to school and academic achievement in rural Chilean adolescents
Antonio García-Hermoso, Jose M. Saavedra, Jordi Olloquequi, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez
Effects of gaps in priorities between ideal and real lives on psychological burnout among academic faculty members at a medical university in Japan: a cross-sectional study
Yuki Chatani, Kyoko Nomura, Saki Horie, Keisuke Takemoto, Masumi Takeuchi, Yukifumi Sasamori, Shinichi Takenoshita, Aya Murakami, Haruko Hiraike, Hiroko Okinaga, Derek Smith
Acute effects of air pollutants on pulmonary function among students: a panel study in an isolated island
Yoshiko Yoda, Hiroshi Takagi, Junko Wakamatsu, Takeshi Ito, Ryouhei Nakatsubo, Yosuke Horie, Takatoshi Hiraki, Masayuki Shima
Decreased blood pressure associated with in-vehicle exposure to carbon monoxide in Korean volunteers
Geon-Woo Lee, Mun-Joo Bae, Ji-Yeon Yang, Jung-Woo Son, Jae-Lim Cho, Sang-Gyu Lee, Bo-Mi Jang, Hyun-Woo Lee, Jong-Soon Lim, Dong-Chun Shin, Young-Wook Lim
Plasma free amino acid profiles evaluate risk of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension in a large Asian population
Natsu Yamaguchi, MH Mahbub, Hidekazu Takahashi, Ryosuke Hase, Yasutaka Ishimaru, Hiroshi Sunagawa, Hiroki Amano, Mikiko Kobayashi- Miura, Hideyuki Kanda, Yasuyuki Fujita, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Mai Yamamoto, Shinya Kikuchi, Atsuko Ikeda, Mariko Takasu, Naoko Kageyama, Mina Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Tanabe
Circular RNA profiles in mouse lung tissue induced by radon
Weiwei Pei, Lijing Tao, Leshuai W. Zhang, Shuyu Zhang, Jianping Cao, Yang Jiao, Jian Tong, Jihua Nie
Leisure-time physical activity in youth as a predictor of adult leisure physical activity among Japanese workers: a cross-sectional study
Hiroaki Itoh, Fumihiko Kitamura, Noriko Hagi, Tomoe Mashiko, Takehisa Matsukawa, Kazuhito Yokoyama
Evaluating prevalence and risk factors of building-related symptoms among office workers: Seasonal characteristics of symptoms and psychosocial and physical environmental factors
Kenichi Azuma, Koichi Ikeda, Naoki Kagi, U Yanagi, Haruki Osawa
Effects of intrauterine exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls, methylmercury, and lead on birth weight in Japanese male and female newborns
Nozomi Tatsuta, Naoyuki Kurokawa, Kunihiko Nakai, Keita Suzuki, Miyuki Iwai-Shimada, Katsuyuki Murata, Hiroshi Satoh
A relationship between a level of hemoglobin after delivery and exclusive breastfeeding initiation at a baby friendly hospital in Japan
Saki Horie, Kyoko Nomura, Shinichi Takenoshita, Junko Nakagawa, Michiko Kido, Mitsuhiro Sugimoto
Genetic analysis of RNF213 p.R4810K variant in non-moyamoya intracranial artery stenosis/occlusion disease in a Chinese population
Tong Zhang, Congrong Guo, Xin Liao, Jian Xia, XiaoXiao Wang, Jing Deng, Junxia Yan
Cardiovascular effects of linalyl acetate in acute nicotine exposure
Ju Ri Kim, Purum Kang, Hui Su Lee, Ka Young Kim, Geun Hee Seol
Associations between accelerometer-measured physical activity and body fatness in school-aged children
Aleš Gába, Josef Mitáš, Lukáš Jakubec
Detection of antibiotic resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in various hospital environments: potential sources for transmission of Acinetobacter infections
Zahra Shamsizadeh, Mahnaz Nikaeen, Bahram Nasr Esfahani, Seyed Hamed Mirhoseini, Maryam Hatamzadeh, Akbar Hassanzadeh
Total arsenic and speciation analysis of saliva and urine samples from individuals living in a chronic arsenicosis area in China
Dapeng Wang, Yasuyo Shimoda, Sanxiang Wang, Zhenghui Wang, Jian Liu, Xing Liu, Huanyu Jin, Fenfang Gao, Jian Tong, Kenzo Yamanaka, Jie Zhang, Yan An
The Hokkaido Birth Cohort Study on Environment and Children’s Health: cohort profile—updated 2017
Reiko Kishi, Atsuko Araki, Machiko Minatoya, Tomoyuki Hanaoka, Chihiro Miyashita, Sachiko Itoh, Sumitaka Kobayashi, Yu Ait Bamai, Keiko Yamazaki, Ryu Miura, Naomi Tamura, Kumiko Ito, Houman Goudarzi, M. Hoshiba, N. Kanda, M. Kihara, R. Nakanishi, A. Kondo, H. Sato
Level and potential social-ecological factors associated with physical inactivity and sedentary behavior among Moroccan school-age adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Abdelghaffar El-ammari, Hicham El kazdouh, Siham Bouftini, Samira El fakir, Youness El achhab
Characteristics of stepfamilies and maternal mental health compared with non-stepfamilies in Japan
Masako Sugimoto, Yoshie Yokoyama
Organochlorine pesticide level in patients with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology and its association with renal function
Rishila Ghosh, Manushi Siddarth, Neeru Singh, Vipin Tyagi, Pawan Kumar Kare, Basu Dev Banerjee, Om Prakash Kalra, Ashok Kumar Tripathi
Association between perceived neighborhood environment and health of middle-aged women living in rapidly changing urban Mongolia
Tserendulam Shagdarsuren, Keiko Nakamura, Layla McCay
Analysis of the evidence-practice gap to facilitate proper medical care for the elderly: investigation, using databases, of utilization measures for National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan (NDB)
Takeo Nakayama, Yuichi Imanaka, Yasushi Okuno, Genta Kato, Tomohiro Kuroda, Rei Goto, Shiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Tamura, Shunichi Fukuhara, Shingo Fukuma, Manabu Muto, Motoko Yanagita, Yosuke Yamamoto, T. Funakoshi, S. Goto, E. Goto, N. Hanaki, S. Hiragi, T. Ikenoue, T. Iwao, K Kawakami, N. Kondo, S. Kunisawa, Y. Mori, M. Nakatsui, Y. Neff, S. Ohtera, K. Okamoto, T. Otsubo, H. Saito, Y. Saito, M. Sakai, I. Sato, K. Seto, S. Shimizu, Y. Takahashi, K. Yamashita, T. Yoshida
Association of excessive mobile phone use during pregnancy with birth weight: an adjunct study in Kumamoto of Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Xi Lu, Masako Oda, Takashi Ohba, Hiroshi Mitsubuchi, Shota Masuda, Takahiko Katoh
Search for biomarkers of asbestos exposure and asbestos-induced cancers in investigations of the immunological effects of asbestos
Hidenori Matsuzaki, Naoko Kumagai-Takei, Suni Lee, Megumi Maeda, Nagisa Sada, Tamayo Hatayama, Shoko Yamamoto, Miho Ikeda, Kei Yoshitome, Yu Min, Yasumitsu Nishimura, Takemi Otsuki
Sasa veitchii extracts suppress acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in mice
Hiroki Yoshioka, Haruki Usuda, Hirohisa Fujii, Tsunemasa Nonogaki
Comparison between air pollution concentrations measured at the nearest monitoring station to the delivery hospital and those measured at stations nearest the residential postal code regions of pregnant women in Fukuoka
Takehiro Michikawa, Seiichi Morokuma, Hiroshi Nitta, Kiyoko Kato, Shin Yamazaki
Certain personal and environmental factors as predictors of thermal sensation perceived by a population of students in a university setting from Timisoara, Romania: a case study
Cristina I. Petrescu
Erratum to: Characteristics of stepfamilies and maternal mental health compared with non-stepfamilies in Japan
Masako Sugimoto, Yoshie Yokoyama
Isolation and identification of Acanthamoeba strains from soil and tap water in Yanji, China
Yinghua Xuan, Yanqin Shen, Yuxi Ge, Gen Yan, Shanzi Zheng
Association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity and ego structure of the Nanai people
Yoko Ota, Natalia Korshunova, Masashi Demura, Midori Katsuyama, Hironobu Katsuyama, Sri Ratna Rahayu, Kiyofumi Saijoh
Association between high and low ambient temperature and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with cardiac etiology in Japan: a case-crossover study
Shin Yamazaki, Takehiro Michikawa
Japan Environment and Children’s Study: backgrounds, activities, and future directions in global perspectives
Kazue Ishitsuka, Shoji F. Nakayama, Reiko Kishi, Chisato Mori, Zentaro Yamagata, Yukihiro Ohya, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Michihiro Kamijima
Impact of single nucleotide polymorphism on short stature and reduced tongue pressure among community-dwelling elderly Japanese participants: a cross-sectional study
Yuji Shimizu, Shimpei Sato, Yuko Noguchi, Jun Koyamatsu, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Miho Higashi, Mako Nagayoshi, Koichiro Kadota, Shin-Ya Kawashiri, Yasuhiro Nagata, Noboru Takamura, Takahiro Maeda
Enterococcus hirae biofilm formation on hospital material surfaces and effect of new biocides
Silvia Di Lodovico, Valentina Cataldi, Emanuela Di Campli, Elisabetta Ancarani, Luigina Cellini, Mara Di Giulio
Increase in the prevalence of hypertension among adults exposed to the Great Chinese Famine during early life
Lingli Liu, Xianglong Xu, Huan Zeng, Yong Zhang, Zumin Shi, Fan Zhang, Xianqing Cao, Yao Jie Xie, Cesar Reis, Yong Zhao
Cross-sectional association between medical expenses and intellectual activity in community-dwelling older adults
Kimiko Tomioka, Norio Kurumatani, Hiroshi Hosoi
The potential protective effect of Commelina nudiflora L. against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced hepatotoxicity in rats, mediated by suppression of oxidative stress and inflammation
Muhammad Dawood Shah, Urban J.A. D’Souza, Mohammad Iqbal
Comments on “Association of excessive mobile phone use during pregnancy with birth weight: an adjunct study in Kumamoto of Japan Environment and Children’s Study”
Ghazal Mortazavi, S.A.R. Mortazavi, S.M.J. Mortazavi
Preventing heat illness in the anticipated hot climate of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games
Takeyasu Kakamu, Koji Wada, Derek R. Smith, Shota Endo, Tetsuhito Fukushima
Perceived effectiveness rating scales applied to insomnia help-seeking messages for middle-aged Japanese people: a validity and reliability study
Machi Suka, Takashi Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Yanagisawa
The different roles of innate immune receptors in inflammation and carcinogenesis between races
Natsu Yamaguchi, Yoshimi Suzuki, M. H. Mahbub, Hidekazu Takahashi, Ryosuke Hase, Yasutaka Ishimaru, Hiroshi Sunagawa, Rie Watanabe, Yoshinobu Eishi, Tsuyoshi Tanabe
Health and well-being benefits of spending time in forests: systematic review
Byeongsang Oh, Kyung Ju Lee, Chris Zaslawski, Albert Yeung, David Rosenthal, Linda Larkey, Michael Back
Association between NAT2, CYP1A1, and CYP1A2 genotypes, heterocyclic aromatic amines, and prostate cancer risk: a case control study in Japan
Masahide Koda, Motoki Iwasaki, Yuko Yamano, Xi Lu, Takahiko Katoh
Level of perception of technical terms regarding the effect of radiation on the human body by residents of Japan
Yoshitoku Yoshida, Yasuko Yoshida, Emiko Isogai, Takashi Hayase, Kozue Nakamura, Mitsuo Saito, Koji Arizono
A review of Vietnam’s healthcare reform through the Direction of Healthcare Activities (DOHA)
Kyoko Takashima, Koji Wada, Ton Thanh Tra, Derek R. Smith
Rare variants of RNF213 and moyamoya/non-moyamoya intracranial artery stenosis/occlusion disease risk: a meta-analysis and systematic review
Xin Liao, Jing Deng, Wenjie Dai, Tong Zhang, Junxia Yan
The joint impact of habitual exercise and glycemic control on the incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in middle-aged and older males
Ryoma Michishita, Takuro Matsuda, Shotaro Kawakami, Satoshi Tanaka, Akira Kiyonaga, Hiroaki Tanaka, Natsumi Morito, Yasuki Higaki
Triglycerides and blood pressure in relation to circulating CD34-positive cell levels among community-dwelling elderly Japanese men: a cross-sectional study
Yuji Shimizu, Shimpei Sato, Yuko Noguchi, Jun Koyamatsu, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Mako Nagayoshi, Koichiro Kadota, Shin-Ya Kawashiri, Yasuhiro Nagata, Takahiro Maeda
A methodological consideration for blood lead concentrations obtained from the earlobe in Japanese adults occupationally unexposed to lead
Nozomi Tatsuta, Kunihiko Nakai, Miyuki Iwai-Shimada, Futoshi Mizutani, Katsuyuki Murata, Yoichi Chisaki, Hiroshi Satoh
Effects of chronic noise on the corticotropin-releasing factor system in the rat hippocampus: relevance to Alzheimer’s disease-like tau hyperphosphorylation
Zhihui Gai, Donghong Su, Yawen Wang, Wenlong Li, Bo Cui, Kang Li, Xiaojun She, Rui Wang
Parental occupations, educational levels, and income and prevalence of dental caries in 3-year-old Japanese children
Hiromasa Kato, Keiko Tanaka, Ken Shimizu, Chisato Nagata, Shinya Furukawa, Masashi Arakawa, Yoshihiro Miyake
Effects of methanol and formic acid on human platelet aggregation
Mikio Marumo, Ichiro Wakabayashi
Acute coronary syndromes occurring while driving: frequency and patient characteristics
Joji Inamasu, Satoru Miyatake, Takashi Yagi, Shigetaka Noma