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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Ausgabe 1/2019

Inhalt (81 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Having few remaining teeth is associated with a low nutrient intake and low serum albumin levels in middle-aged and older Japanese individuals: findings from the NIPPON DATA2010

Mieko Nakamura, Toshiyuki Ojima, Tomomi Nagahata, Imako Kondo, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Katsushi Yoshita, Yusuke Arai, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Keiko Murakami, Nobuo Nishi, Yoshitaka Murakami, Naoyuki Takashima, Nagako Okuda, Aya Kadota, Naoko Miyagawa, Keiko Kondo, Tomonori Okamura, Hirotsugu Ueshima, Akira Okayama, Katsuyuki Miura

Open Access Research article

How job stress influences job performance among Chinese healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study

Jianwei Deng, Yilun Guo, Tengyang Ma, Tianan Yang, Xu Tian

Open Access Research article

At-risk Internet addiction and related factors among junior high school teachers—based on a nationwide cross-sectional study in Japan

Ayumi Iwaibara, Mari Fukuda, Hideki Tsumura, Hideyuki Kanda

Open Access Research article

Glutamine protects against oxidative stress injury through inhibiting the activation of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in parkinsonian cell model

Yingqian Zhao, Qiang Wang, Yuan Wang, Jie Li, Gang Lu, Zhibin Liu

Open Access Research article

Environmental extreme temperature and daily preterm birth in Sabzevar, Iran: a time-series analysis

Danial Mohammadi, Elham Naghshineh, Alireza Sarsangi, Mohammad Javad Zare Sakhvidi

Open Access Research article

Dioxins levels in human blood after implementation of measures against dioxin exposure in Japan

Basilua Andre Muzembo, Miyuki Iwai-shimada, Tomohiko Isobe, Kokichi Arisawa, Masayuki Shima, Tetsuhito Fukushima, Shoji F. Nakayama

Open Access Research article

Intra-individual variations of organophosphate pesticide metabolite concentrations in repeatedly collected urine samples from pregnant women in Japan

Keisuke Hioki, Yuki Ito, Naoko Oya, Shoji F. Nakayama, Tomohiko Isobe, Takeshi Ebara, Kanemitsu Shibata, Naomi Nishikawa, Kunihiko Nakai, Tomota Kamida, Jun Ueyama, Mayumi Sugiura-Ogasawara, Michihiro Kamijima

Open Access Research article

Hospital-based screening to detect patients with cadmium nephropathy in cadmium-polluted areas in Japan

Toru Sasaki, Hyogo Horiguchi, Akira Arakawa, Etsuko Oguma, Atsushi Komatsuda, Kenichi Sawada, Katsuyuki Murata, Kazuhito Yokoyama, Takehisa Matsukawa, Momoko Chiba, Yuki Omori, Norihiro Kamikomaki

Open Access Research article

Association between exposure to household smoking and dental caries in preschool children: a cross-sectional study

Yuko Goto, Keiko Wada, Kie Konishi, Takahiro Uji, Sachi Koda, Fumi Mizuta, Michiyo Yamakawa, Kaori Watanabe, Kyoko Ando, Jun Ueyama, Takaaki Kondo, Chisato Nagata

Open Access Research article

Impact of fatty pancreas and lifestyle on the development of subclinical chronic pancreatitis in healthy people undergoing a medical checkup

Makoto Fujii, Yuko Ohno, Makoto Yamada, Yoshihiro Kamada, Eiji Miyoshi

Open Access Short communication

A descriptive study of solitary death in Yokohama City

Yasuhiro Kakiuchi, Ryoko Nagao, Eriko Ochiai, Yu Kakimoto, Motoki Osawa

Open Access Commentary

A comprehensive policy for reducing sugar beverages for healthy life extension

Yoshihiro Kokubo, Aya Higashiyama, Makoto Watanabe, Yoshihiro Miyamoto

Open Access Commentary

For making a declaration of countermeasures against the falling birth rate from the Japanese Society for Hygiene: summary of discussion in the working group on academic research strategy against an aging society with low birth rate

Kyoko Nomura, Kanae Karita, Atsuko Araki, Emiko Nishioka, Go Muto, Miyuki Iwai-Shimada, Mariko Nishikitani, Mariko Inoue, Shinobu Tsurugano, Naomi Kitano, Mayumi Tsuji, Sachiko Iijima, Kayo Ueda, Michihiro Kamijima, Zentaro Yamagata, Kiyomi Sakata, Masayuki Iki, Hiroyuki Yanagisawa, Masashi Kato, Hidekuni Inadera, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Kazuhito Yokoyama, Akio Koizumi, Takemi Otsuki

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with risky driving behaviors for road traffic crashes among professional car drivers in Bahirdar city, northwest Ethiopia, 2016: a cross-sectional study

Tesfaye Hambisa Mekonnen, Yitayew Ashagrie Tesfaye, Haimanot Gebrehiwot Moges, Resom Berhe Gebremedin

Open Access Review article

Gene and environmental interactions according to the components of lifestyle modifications in hypertension guidelines

Yoshihiro Kokubo, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Yoshio Iwashima, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Atsushi Goto

Open Access Research article

Association between gaseous pollutants and emergency ambulance dispatches for asthma in Chengdu, China: a time-stratified case-crossover study

Jianyu Chen, Xianyan Jiang, Chunli Shi, Ruicong Liu, Rong Lu, Li Zhang

Open Access Research article

Perspectives of adolescents, parents, and teachers on barriers and facilitators of physical activity among school-age adolescents: a qualitative analysis

El-Ammari Abdelghaffar, El Kazdouh Hicham, Bouftini Siham, El Fakir Samira, El Achhab Youness

Open Access Research article

Peripheral neuropathy induced by drinking water contaminated with low-dose arsenic in Myanmar

Hitoshi Mochizuki, Khin Phyu Phyu, Myo Nanda Aung, Phyo Wai Zin, Yasunori Yano, Moe Zaw Myint, Win Min Thit, Yuka Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Hishikawa, Kyaw Zin Thant, Masugi Maruyama, Yoshiki Kuroda

Open Access Research article

Hemoglobin A1c and 10-year information processing speed in Japanese community dwellers

Rei Otsuka, Yukiko Nishita, Chikako Tange, Makiko Tomida, Fujiko Ando, Hiroshi Shimokata

Open Access Research article

Fermented foods and preterm birth risk from a prospective large cohort study: the Japan Environment and Children’s study

Mika Ito, Ayako Takamori, Satoshi Yoneda, Arihiro Shiozaki, Akiko Tsuchida, Kenta Matsumura, Kei Hamazaki, Noriko Yoneda, Hideki Origasa, Hidekuni Inadera, Shigeru Saito, Yukihiro Ohya, Reiko Kishi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Koichi Hashimoto, Chisato Mori, Shuichi Ito, Zentaro Yamagata, Hidekuni Inadera, Michihiro Kamijima, Takeo Nakayama, Hiroyasu Iso, Masayuki Shima, Yasuaki Hirooka, Narufumi Suganuma, Koichi Kusuhara, Takahiko Katoh

Open Access Research article

Short stature-related single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) activates endothelial repair activity in elderly Japanese

Yuji Shimizu, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Yuko Noguchi, Jun Koyamatsu, Mako Nagayoshi, Kairi Kiyoura, Shoichi Fukui, Mami Tamai, Shin-Ya Kawashiri, Kazuhiko Arima, Takahiro Maeda

Open Access Research article

Lifestyle and psychosocial factors and a decline in competence in daily living among Japanese early elderly people: from an age-specified community-based cohort study (NISSIN project)

Satoe Okabayashi, Takashi Kawamura, Kenji Wakai, Masahiko Ando, Kazuyo Tsushita, Hideki Ohira, Shigekazu Ukawa, Akiko Tamakoshi

Open Access Short communication

Outbreak investigation of lead neurotoxicity in children from artificial jewelry cottage industry

Akhil D. Goel, Rohini V. Chowgule

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Drowning of a patient with epilepsy while showering

Risako Nakagawa, Wataru Ishii, Masahito Hitosugi

Open Access Research article

Association of derived patterns of musculoskeletal disorders with psychological problems: a latent class analysis

Maryam Yazdi, Sara Karimi Zeverdegani, Amir Hossein MollaAghaBabaee

Open Access Research article

Exposure profile of mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic, antimony, copper, selenium and zinc in maternal blood, cord blood and placenta: the Tohoku Study of Child Development in Japan

Miyuki Iwai-Shimada, Satomi Kameo, Kunihiko Nakai, Kozue Yaginuma-Sakurai, Nozomi Tatsuta, Naoyuki Kurokawa, Shoji F. Nakayama, Hiroshi Satoh

Open Access Research article

Adsorption of molybdenum by melanin

Wei Chen, Kazunori Hashimoto, Yasuhiro Omata, Nobutaka Ohgami, Akira Tazaki, Yuqi Deng, Lisa Kondo-Ida, Atsushi Intoh, Masashi Kato

Open Access Research article

Socioeconomic and lifestyle factors associated with depressive tendencies in general Japanese men and women: NIPPON DATA2010

Harumitsu Suzuki, Aya Kadota, Nagako Okuda, Takehito Hayakawa, Nobuo Nishi, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Hisatomi Arima, Naoko Miyagawa, Atsushi Satoh, Naomi Miyamatsu, Masahiko Yanagita, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Zentaro Yamagata, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Tomonori Okamura, Hirotsugu Ueshima, Akira Okayama, Katsuyuki Miura

Open Access Research article

Association between incidence of fatal intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke and fine particulate air pollution

Yifeng Qian, Huiting Yu, Binxin Cai, Bo Fang, Chunfang Wang

Open Access Research article

cVEMP correlated with imbalance in a mouse model of vestibular disorder

Reina Negishi-Oshino, Nobutaka Ohgami, Tingchao He, Kyoko Ohgami, Xiang Li, Masashi Kato

Open Access Research article

Associations between metal concentrations in whole blood and placenta previa and placenta accreta: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS)

Mayumi Tsuji, Eiji Shibata, David J. Askew, Seiichi Morokuma, Yukiyo Aiko, Ayako Senju, Shunsuke Araki, Masafumi Sanefuji, Yasuhiro Ishihara, Rie Tanaka, Koichi Kusuhara, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Hirohisa Saito, Reiko Kishi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Koichi Hashimoto, Chisato Mori, Shuichi Ito, Zentaro Yamagata, Hidekuni Inadera, Michihiro Kamijima, Takeo Nakayama, Hiroyasu Iso, Masayuki Shima, Yasuaki Hirooka, Narufumi Suganuma, Koichi Kusuhara, Takahiko Katoh

Open Access Research article

Effect of bisphenol F, an analog of bisphenol A, on the reproductive functions of male rats

Asad Ullah, Madeeha Pirzada, Tayyaba Afsar, Suhail Razak, Ali Almajwal, Sarwat Jahan

Open Access Research article

Association between human T cell leukemia virus 1 (HTLV-1) infection and advanced periodontitis in relation to hematopoietic activity among elderly participants: a cross-sectional study

Yuji Shimizu, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Masayasu Kitamura, Reiko Furugen, Takahiro Iwasaki, Hideki Fukuda, Hideaki Hayashida, Koji Kawasaki, Kairi Kiyoura, Shin-Ya Kawashiri, Toshiyuki Saito, Atsushi Kawakami, Takahiro Maeda

Open Access Research article

Sanitation predictors of childhood morbidities in Ethiopia: evidence from Dabat Health and Demographic Surveillance System

Zemichael Gizaw, Gashaw Andargie Biks, Mezgebu Yitayal, Geta Asrade Alemayehu, Kassahun Alemu, Tadesse Awoke, Adino Tesfahun Tsegaye, Amare Tariku, Terefe Derso, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Mulugeta Bayisa Chala

Open Access Research article

Long-term effects of low-intensity training with slow movement on motor function of elderly patients: a prospective observational study

Kanae Kanda, Yutaka Mori, Kunihisa Yamasaki, Hiroko Kitano, Aya Kanda, Tomohiro Hirao

Open Access Research article

Knowledge and practices of households on safe water chain maintenance in a slum community in Kampala City, Uganda

Charles Ssemugabo, Solomon Tsebeni Wafula, Rawlance Ndejjo, Frederick Oporia, Jimmy Osuret, David Musoke, Abdullah Ali Halage

Open Access Research article

A comparative study of the physiological and psychological effects of forest bathing (Shinrin-yoku) on working age people with and without depressive tendencies

Akemi Furuyashiki, Keiji Tabuchi, Kensuke Norikoshi, Toshio Kobayashi, Sanae Oriyama

Open Access Review article

Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate-induced toxicity and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha: a review

Yuki Ito, Michihiro Kamijima, Tamie Nakajima

Open Access Research article

Depressive symptoms in individuals with family members requiring ADL assistance

Junhyun Kwon, Eun-Cheol Park, Woorim Kim, Dong-Woo Choi, Sung-In Jang

Open Access Review article

Internal exposure levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xin Huang, Xu Deng, Wenyan Li, Shudan Liu, Yiwen Chen, Bo Yang, Qin Liu

Open Access Research article

Quality of dying and death desired by residents of Kagawa Prefecture, Japan: a qualitative study

Kanae Kanda, Nobuko Takashima, Yoshimi Tsuji, Katsunori Yokoyama, Tomohiro Hirao

Open Access Review article

Prevalence of needlestick injury among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Teshiwal Deress Yazie, Kasaw Adane Chufa, Mekonnen Girma Tebeje

Open Access Research article

Seroprevalence of influenza A virus in pigs and low risk of acute respiratory illness among pig workers in Kenya

Eric Mogaka Osoro, Shirley Lidechi, Doris Marwanga, Jeremiah Nyaundi, Athman Mwatondo, Mathew Muturi, Zipporah Ng’ang’a, Kariuki Njenga

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Depressive symptoms in individuals with family members requiring ADL assistance

Junhyun Kwon, Eun-Cheol Park, Woorim Kim, Dong-Woo Choi, Sung-In Jang

Open Access Research article

Perceived social support and presenteeism among healthcare workers in China: the mediating role of organizational commitment

Tianan Yang, Tengyang Ma, Pucong Liu, Yuanling Liu, Qian Chen, Yilun Guo, Shiyang Zhang, Jianwei Deng

Open Access Short communication

Decision-making under uncertainty in environmental health policy: new approaches

Jacques Reis, Peter S. Spencer

Open Access Review article

The effects of hookah/waterpipe smoking on general health and the cardiovascular system

Hanan Qasim, Ahmed B. Alarabi, Karem H. Alzoubi, Zubair A. Karim, Fatima Z. Alshbool, Fadi T. Khasawneh

Open Access Research article

Health risk assessments of arsenic and toxic heavy metal exposure in drinking water in northeast Iran

Hosein Alidadi, Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany, Batoul Zarif Garaati Oftadeh, Tafaghodi Mohamad, Hosein Shamszade, Maryam Fakhari

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and associated factors for needlestick and sharp injuries (NSIs) among dental assistants in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Lama AlDakhil, Nagarajkumar Yenugadhati, Ohoud Al-Seraihi, Mustafa Al-Zoughool

Open Access Review article

Chemical intolerance: involvement of brain function and networks after exposure to extrinsic stimuli perceived as hazardous

Kenichi Azuma, Iwao Uchiyama, Mari Tanigawa, Ikuko Bamba, Michiyo Azuma, Hirohisa Takano, Toshikazu Yoshikawa, Kou Sakabe

Open Access Research article

Ameliorating potency of Chenopodium album Linn. and vitamin C against mercuric chloride-induced oxidative stress in testes of Sprague Dawley rats

Sarwat Jahan, Tayyaba Azad, Amina Ayub, Asad Ullah, Tayyaba Afsar, Ali Almajwal, Suhail Razak

Open Access Short communication

Validation of claims data to identify death among aged persons utilizing enrollment data from health insurance unions

M. Sakai, S. Ohtera, T. Iwao, Y. Neff, G. Kato, Y. Takahashi, T. Nakayama

Open Access Research article

Association between flourishing mental health and occupational stress among workers of Tsukuba Science City, Japan: a cross-sectional study

Daisuke Hori, Yuichi Oi, Yuh Ohtaki, Christina-Sylvia Andrea, Tsukasa Takahashi, Nagisa Shiraki, Tomohiko Ikeda, Yu Ikeda, Shotaro Doki, Shinichiro Sasahara, Ichiyo Matsuzaki

Open Access Research article

Association of biomass fuel smoke with respiratory symptoms among children under 5 years of age in urban areas: results from Bangladesh Urban Health Survey, 2013

Md. Hasan, Sadia Tasfina, S. M. Raysul Haque, K. M. Saif-Ur-Rahman, Md. Khalequzzaman, Wasimul Bari, Syed Shariful Islam

Open Access Research article

Coal burning-derived SO2 and traffic-derived NO2 are associated with persistent cough and current wheezing symptoms among schoolchildren in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Dambajamts Enkh-Undraa, Seiji Kanda, Masayuki Shima, Takaki Shimono, Mari Miyake, Yoshiko Yoda, Saijaa Nagnii, Toshimasa Nishiyama

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and associated factors of scabies among schoolchildren in Dabat district, northwest Ethiopia, 2018

Henok Dagne, Awrajaw Dessie, Bikes Destaw, Walelegn Worku Yallew, Zemichael Gizaw

Open Access Research article

Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (γ-GTP) has an ambivalent association with hypertension and atherosclerosis among elderly Japanese men: a cross-sectional study

Yuji Shimizu, Shin-Ya Kawashiri, Kairi Kiyoura, Kenichi Nobusue, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Yasuhiro Nagata, Takahiro Maeda

Open Access Review article

Medical empirical research on forest bathing (Shinrin-yoku): a systematic review

Ye Wen, Qi Yan, Yangliu Pan, Xinren Gu, Yuanqiu Liu

Open Access Research article

The interaction effect between physical and cultural leisure activities on the subsequent decline of instrumental ADL: the Fujiwara-kyo study

Masayo Komatsu, Kenji Obayashi, Kimiko Tomioka, Masayuki Morikawa, Noriko Jojima, Nozomi Okamoto, Norio Kurumatani, Keigo Saeki

Open Access Research article

Oral exposure to lead for Japanese children and pregnant women, estimated using duplicate food portions and house dust analyses

Mayumi Ohtsu, Nathan Mise, Akihiko Ikegami, Atsuko Mizuno, Yayoi Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Nakagi, Keiko Nohara, Takahiko Yoshida, Fujio Kayama

Open Access Research article

Correlations of water iodine concentration to earlier goitre frequency in Sweden—an iodine sufficient country with long-term iodination of table salt

Sofia Manousou, Maja Stål, Robert Eggertsen, Michael Hoppe, Lena Hulthén, Helena Filipsson Nyström

Open Access Research article

Prenatal tobacco exposure and ADHD symptoms at pre-school age: the Hokkaido Study on Environment and Children’s Health

Machiko Minatoya, Atsuko Araki, Sachiko Itoh, Keiko Yamazaki, Sumitaka Kobayashi, Chihiro Miyashita, Seiko Sasaki, Reiko Kishi

Open Access Research article

Domestic work stress and self-rated psychological health among women: a cross-sectional study in Japan

Eri Maeda, Kyoko Nomura, Osamu Hiraike, Hiroki Sugimori, Asako Kinoshita, Yutaka Osuga

Open Access Short communication

The importance of the rate of pure “attended deaths at home” for objective outcome indicator for assessing the prevalence of home care in Japan

Yasuhiro Kakiuchi, Ryoko Nagao, Eriko Ochiai, Yu Kakimoto, Motoki Osawa

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and risk factors of pre-sick building syndrome: characteristics of indoor environmental and individual factors

Yoshitake Nakayama, Hiroko Nakaoka, Norimichi Suzuki, Kayo Tsumura, Masamichi Hanazato, Emiko Todaka, Chisato Mori

Open Access Research article

Prevalence hearing loss of truck and bus drivers in a cross-sectional study of 65533 subjects

Siamak Pourabdian, Saeid Yazdanirad, Saeid Lotfi, Parastoo Golshiri, Behzad Mahaki

Open Access Research article

Comparison of hepatitis B vaccine efficacy in Japanese students: a retrospective study

Masanori Ogawa, Dai Akine, Teppei Sasahara

Open Access Research article

Association between human T cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) infection and advanced periodontitis in relation to atherosclerosis among elderly Japanese: a cross-sectional study

Yuji Shimizu, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Masayasu Kitamura, Reiko Furugen, Takahiro Iwasaki, Hideki Fukuda, Hideaki Hayashida, Koji Kawasaki, Kairi Kiyoura, Shin-Ya Kawashiri, Toshiyuki Saito, Atsushi Kawakami, Takahiro Maeda

Open Access Research article

Epidemiological characteristics of bacillary dysentery from 2009 to 2016 and its incidence prediction model based on meteorological factors

Qiuyu Meng, Xun Liu, Jiajia Xie, Dayong Xiao, Yi Wang, Dan Deng