Issue 1/2020
Content (83 Articles)
Spatial-temporal distribution of human brucellosis in mainland China from 2004 to 2017 and an analysis of social and environmental factors
Cheng Peng, Yan-Jun Li, De-Sheng Huang, Peng Guan
Capturing the trends in hospital standardized mortality ratios for pneumonia: a retrospective observational study in Japan (2010 to 2018)
Rebeka Amin, Yosuke Hatakeyama, Takefumi Kitazawa, Kunichika Matsumoto, Shigeru Fujita, Kanako Seto, Tomonori Hasegawa
Transcriptome analysis of the hippocampus in environmental noise-exposed SAMP8 mice reveals regulatory pathways associated with Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology
Donghong Su, Wenlong Li, Huimin Chi, Honglian Yang, Xiaojun She, Kun Wang, Xiujie Gao, Kefeng Ma, Ming Zhang, Bo Cui
Association between standardized vitamin 25(OH)D and dyslipidemia: a community-based study in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
AlJohara M AlQuaiz, Ambreen Kazi, Randa M. Youssef, Norah Alshehri, Shatha Ahmed Alduraywish
Correction to: Comparison of hepatitis B vaccine efficacy in Japanese students: a retrospective study
Masanori Ogawa, Dai Akine, Teppei Sasahara
The relationship between metabolic syndrome and the incidence of colorectal cancer
JungHyun Lee, Kun Sei Lee, Hyeongsu Kim, Hyoseon Jeong, Min-Jung Choi, Hai-Won Yoo, Tae-Hwa Han, Hyunjung Lee
Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody and thyroid cysts among the general Japanese population: a cross-sectional study
Yuji Shimizu, Yuko Nabeshima-Kimura, Shin-Ya Kawashiri, Yuko Noguchi, Yasuhiro Nagata, Takahiro Maeda, Naomi Hayashida
Association between Asian dust exposure and respiratory function in children with bronchial asthma in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Takahiro Nakamura, Yuji Nishiwaki, Kunio Hashimoto, Ayano Takeuchi, Tasuku Kitajima, Kazuhiro Komori, Kasumi Tashiro, Hideki Hasunuma, Kayo Ueda, Atsushi Shimizu, Hiroshi Odajima, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Masahiro Hashizume
Quality and safety of municipal drinking water in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia
Amsalu Mekonnen Wolde, Kemal Jemal, Gebru M. Woldearegay, Kassu Desta Tullu
Lifestyle interventions in the maritime settings: a systematic review
Fereshteh Baygi, Shirin Djalalinia, Mostafa Qorbani, Masoumeh Dejman, Jesper Bo Nielsen
Knowledge and associated factors towards cytotoxic drug handling among University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital health professionals, institutional-based cross-sectional study
Wudneh Simegn, Baye Dagnew, Henok Dagne
Development and psychometric evaluation of waste separation beliefs and behaviors scale among female students of medical sciences university based on the extended parallel process model
Aazam Abbasi, Marzieh Araban, Zahra Heidari, Masoumeh Alidosti, Fereshteh Zamani-Alavijeh
The incidence of diabetes among the non-diabetic residents in Kawauchi village, Fukushima, who experienced evacuation after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster
Yun-Shan Chung, Kouji H. Harada, Keiko Igari, Jinrou Ishizuka, Akio Koizumi
Facilitators and barriers to improved cookstove adoption: a community-based cross-sectional study in Northwest Ethiopia
Mesafint Molla Adane, Getu Degu Alene, Seid Tiku Mereta, Kristina Lutomya Wanyonyi
Relationship of living arrangement with the decline in functional capacity in elderly people by gender: a longitudinal observational study
Haruhiko Imamura, Eiko Uchiyama, Miki Akiyama, Ikuyo Kaneko, Toru Takebayashi, Yuji Nishiwaki
Multidisciplinary approach to assess the toxicities of arsenic and barium in drinking water
Masashi Kato, Nobutaka Ohgami, Shoko Ohnuma, Kazunori Hashimoto, Akira Tazaki, Huadong Xu, Lisa Kondo-Ida, Tian Yuan, Tomoyuki Tsuchiyama, Tingchao He, Fitri Kurniasari, Yishuo Gu, Wei Chen, Yuqi Deng, Kanako Komuro, Keming Tong, Ichiro Yajima
Reduction in inequalities in health insurance coverage and healthcare utilization among older adults in the Philippines after mandatory national health insurance coverage: trend analysis for 2003–2017
Kathryn Lizbeth Lucena Siongco, Keiko Nakamura, Kaoruko Seino
Influence of increased physical activity without body weight loss on hepatic inflammation in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Fuminari Asada, Takuo Nomura, Atsushi Hosui, Masashi Kubota
Changes in smoking behavior among victims after the great East Japan earthquake and tsunami
Yoneatsu Osaki, Hitoshi Maesato, Ruriko Minobe, Aya Kinjo, Yuki Kuwabara, Aya Imamoto, Yoshinori Myoga, Sachio Matsushita, Susumu Higuchi
Acute respiratory symptoms and its associated factors among mothers who have under five-years-old children in northwest, Ethiopia
Zewudu Andualem, Zelalem Nigussie Azene, Jember Azanaw, Asefa Adimasu Taddese, Henok Dagne
The association between sleep duration, bedtimes, and early pubertal timing among Chinese adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Hua Diao, Hong Wang, Lianjian Yang, Ting Li
Correction to: Relationship of living arrangement with the decline in functional capacity in elderly people by gender: a longitudinal observational study
Haruhiko Imamura, Eiko Uchiyama, Miki Akiyama, Ikuyo Kaneko, Toru Takebayashi, Yuji Nishiwaki
Effects of forest bathing on pre-hypertensive and hypertensive adults: a review of the literature
Katherine Ka-Yin Yau, Alice Yuen Loke
Factors related to turnover intentions and work-related injuries and accidents among professional caregivers: a cross-sectional questionnaire study
Maki Tei-tominaga, Miharu Nakanishi
Body mass index, waist circumference, and risk of hearing loss: a meta-analysis and systematic review of observational study
Jin-Rong Yang, Khemayanto Hidayat, Cai-Long Chen, Yun-Hong Li, Jia-Ying Xu, Li-Qiang Qin
Association between lithium in tap water and suicide mortality rates in Miyazaki Prefecture
Naomi Kozaka, Shouhei Takeuchi, Nobuyoshi Ishii, Takeshi Terao, Yoshiki Kuroda
Cumulative inactivated vaccine exposure and allergy development among children: a birth cohort from Japan
Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Kyongsun Pak, Mayako Saito-Abe, Limin Yang, Miori Sato, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Hatoko Sasaki, Minaho Nishizato, Mizuho Konishi, Kazue Ishitsuka, Kenji Matsumoto, Hirohisa Saito, Yukihiro Ohya, Shin Yamazaki, Yukihiro Ohya, Reiko Kishi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Koichi Hashimoto, Chisato Mori, Shuichi Ito, Zentaro Yamagata, Hidekuni Inadera, Michihiro Kamijima, Takeo Nakayama, Hiroyasu Iso, Masayuki Shima, Youichi Kurozawa, Narufumi Suganuma, Koichi Kusuhara, Takahiko Katoh
Lifestyle behaviors and home and school environment in association with sick building syndrome among elementary school children: a cross-sectional study
Rahel Mesfin Ketema, Atsuko Araki, Yu Ait Bamai, Takeshi Saito, Reiko Kishi
Health impacts of environmental contamination of micro- and nanoplastics: a review
Baorong Jiang, Alexandra E Kauffman, Lei Li, Wayne McFee, Bo Cai, John Weinstein, Jamie R Lead, Saurabh Chatterjee, Geoffrey I Scott, Shuo Xiao
Methylmercury toxic mechanism related to protein degradation and chemokine transcription
Jin-Yong Lee, Gi-Wook Hwang, Akira Naganuma, Masahiko Satoh
Identification by TCGA database search of five genes that are aberrantly expressed and involved in hepatocellular carcinoma potentially via DNA methylation changes
Junya Matsushita, Takehiro Suzuki, Kazuyuki Okamura, Gaku Ichihara, Keiko Nohara
Association between surgical procedures under general anesthesia in infancy and developmental outcomes at 1 year: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Yoshiko Kobayashi, Narumi Tokuda, Sho Adachi, Yasuhiro Takeshima, Munetaka Hirose, Masayuki Shima, Michihiro Kamijima, Shin Yamazaki, Yukihiro Ohya, Reiko Kishi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Koichi Hashimoto, Chisato Mori, Shuichi Ito, Zentaro Yamagata, Hidekuni Inadera, Takeo Nakayama, Hiroyasu Iso, Youichi Kurozawa, Narufumi Suganuma, Koichi Kusuhara, Takahiko Katoh
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders and associated factors among bank workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Dereje Dagne, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Atalay Getachew
Reducing the consumption of personal protective equipment by setting up a multifunctional sampling station in the emergency department to screen for COVID-19 infection in Taiwan
Po-Ting Lin, Ting-Yuan Ni, Tren-Yi Chen, Chih-Pei Su, Hsiao-Fen Sun, Mu-Kuan Chen, Chu-Chung Chou, Po-Yu Wang, Yan-Ren Lin
Attitudes about and practices for skin cancer prevention among patients with dermatological issues in Hanoi, Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
Trang H. T. Nguyen, Bach X. Tran, Sau H. Nguyen, Carl A. Latkin, Cuong T. Nguyen, Son H. Nguyen, Hai Q. Pham, Cyrus S. H. Ho, Roger C. M. Ho, Jin-Kyoung Oh
Mortality by occupation and industry among Japanese men in the 2015 fiscal year
Hirokazu Tanaka, Taketo Tanaka, Koji Wada
Association between metal cobalt exposure and the risk of congenital heart defect occurrence in offspring: a multi-hospital case-control study
Nannan Zhang, Shuihua Yang, Jiaxiang Yang, Ying Deng, Shengli Li, Nana Li, Xinlin Chen, Ping Yu, Zhen Liu, Jun Zhu
UV protection for young athletes: using participatory program planning to develop a sports schools program
Friederike Stölzel, Michaela Wolff, Vera Fieber, Melanie Glausch, Claudia Wachs, Eckhard Breitbart, Martin Bornhäuser, Nadja Seidel
Development of a relational workplace social capital scale for Japanese nurses
Kensuke Norikoshi, Toshio Kobayashi, Keiji Tabuchi, Sanae Oriyama
Trunk-to-peripheral fat ratio predicts a subsequent blood pressure in normal-weight pubertal boys: a 3-year follow-up of the Kitakata Kids Health Study
Katsuyasu Kouda, Masayuki Iki, Yuki Fujita, Harunobu Nakamura, Masami Hamada, Kazuhiro Uenishi, Mari Miyake, Toshimasa Nishiyama
Relationship between sleep duration and TV time with cardiometabolic risk in adolescents
Ana Paula Sehn, Anelise Reis Gaya, Arieli Fernandes Dias, Caroline Brand, Jorge Mota, Karin Allor Pfeiffer, Javier Brazo Sayavera, Jane Dagmar Pollo Renner, Cézane Priscila Reuter
Immunological status and virological suppression among HIV-infected adults on highly active antiretroviral therapy
Mulugeta Melku, Gizachew Abebe, Amanuel Teketel, Fikir Asrie, Aregawi Yalew, Belete Biadgo, Eyuel Kassa, Debasu Damtie, Degefaye Zelalem Anlay
Assessment of hematological parameters of petrol filling workers at petrol stations in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study
Sisay Getu, Elias Shiferaw, Mulugeta Melku
Association between physical function and long-term care in community-dwelling older and oldest people: the SONIC study
Werayuth Srithumsuk, Mai Kabayama, Kayo Godai, Nonglak Klinpudtan, Ken Sugimoto, Hiroshi Akasaka, Yoichi Takami, Yasushi Takeya, Koichi Yamamoto, Saori Yasumoto, Yasuyuki Gondo, Yasumichi Arai, Yukie Masui, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Hiroshi Shimokata, Hiromi Rakugi, Kei Kamide
Prevalence and factors associated with effective helmet use among motorcyclists in Mysuru City of Southern India
Naveen Kikkeri Hanumantha Setty, Gautham Melur Sukumar, Sumanth Mallikarjun Majgi, Akhil Dhanesh Goel, Prem Prakash Sharma, Manasa Brahmanandam Anand
Remote cardiac rehabilitation is a good alternative of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in the COVID-19 era
Atsuko Nakayama, Naoko Takayama, Momoko Kobayashi, Kanako Hyodo, Naomi Maeshima, Fujiwara Takayuki, Hiroyuki Morita, Issei Komuro
Household heating associated with disability in activities of daily living among Chinese middle-aged and elderly: a longitudinal study
Qing Wang, Jose A. Tapia Granados
Evaluation of the college-based HIV/AIDS education policy in Beijing, China: a mixed method approach
Yunting Zheng, Xin Zhang, Xinying Sun, Yuhui Shi, Chun Chang
Mental health and related influencing factors among rural elderly in 14 poverty state counties of Chongqing, Southwest China: a cross-sectional study
Yin Yang, Hui Deng, Qingqing Yang, Xianbin Ding, Deqiang Mao, Xiaosong Ma, Bangzhong Xiao, Zhaohui Zhong
Weekend and off-hour effects on the incidence of cerebral palsy: contribution of consolidated perinatal care
Satoshi Toyokawa, Junichi Hasegawa, Tsuyomu Ikenoue, Yuri Asano, Emi Jojima, Shoji Satoh, Tomoaki Ikeda, Kiyotake Ichizuka, Satoru Takeda, Nanako Tamiya, Akihito Nakai, Keiya Fujimori, Tsugio Maeda, Hideaki Masuzaki, Hideaki Suzuki, Shigeru Ueda
Pilea umbrosa ameliorate CCl4 induced hepatic injuries by regulating endoplasmic reticulum stress, pro-inflammatory and fibrosis genes in rat
Irum Naz, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Jawaid Ahmed Zai, Riffat Batool, Zartash Zahra, Aemin Tahir
Social and family factors as determinants of exercise habits in Japanese elementary school children: a cross-sectional study from the Super Shokuiku School Project
Satomi Sawa, Michikazu Sekine, Masaaki Yamada, Yugo Fukazawa, Yusuke Hiraku
An especial transition phase of hospitals: the adaptation of hospital operations to the development of COVID-19 and policy adjustments
Xiucheng Liu, Wei Zhuang, Xiaoyu Quan, Yeqing Zhou, Hao Qin, Chenghang Zou, Hao Zhang
Lowest observed adverse effect level of pulmonary pathological alterations due to nitrous acid exposure in guinea pigs
Masayuki Ohyama, Hiroshi Nishimura, Kenichi Azuma, Chika Minejima, Norimichi Takenaka, Shuichi Adachi
A comparative study of international and Chinese public health emergency management from the perspective of knowledge domains mapping
Juan Li, Yuhang Zhu, Jianing Feng, Weijing Meng, Kseniia Begma, Gaopei Zhu, Xiaoxuan Wang, Di Wu, Fuyan Shi, Suzhen Wang
Occupational exposures to blood and body fluids among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Biniyam Sahiledengle, Yohannes Tekalegn, Demelash Woldeyohannes, Bruce John Edward Quisido
Effect of asbestos exposure on differentiation and function of cytotoxic T lymphocytes
Naoko Kumagai-Takei, Yasumitsu Nishimura, Megumi Maeda, Hiroaki Hayashi, Hidenori Matsuzaki, Suni Lee, Kei Yoshitome, Tatsuo Ito, Takemi Otsuki
The associated factors of cesarean section during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in nine cities of China
Jian Zhang, Yumei Zhang, Yidi Ma, Yalei Ke, Shanshan Huo, Liping He, Wenjuan Luo, Jing Li, Ai Zhao
Does COVID-19 change dietary habits and lifestyle behaviours in Kuwait: a community-based cross-sectional study
Wafaa Husain, Fatemah Ashkanani
Prevalence and factors associated with tobacco use among men in India: findings from a nationally representative data
Md Shariful Islam, K. M. Saif-Ur-Rahman, Md. Mofijul Islam Bulbul, Deepak Singh
Development and validation of an environmental heat strain risk assessment (EHSRA) index using structural equation modeling based on empirical relations
Saeid Yazdanirad, Farideh Golbabaei, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Mohammad Reza Monazzam, Habibollah Dehghan
Study design and baseline characteristics of a population-based prospective cohort study of dementia in Japan: the Japan Prospective Studies Collaboration for Aging and Dementia (JPSC-AD)
Toshiharu Ninomiya, Shigeyuki Nakaji, Tetsuya Maeda, Masahito Yamada, Masaru Mimura, Kenji Nakashima, Takaaki Mori, Minoru Takebayashi, Tomoyuki Ohara, Jun Hata, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Kazuhiro Uchida, Yasuyuki Taki, Shuzo Kumagai, Koji Yonemoto, Hisako Yoshida, Kaori Muto, Yukihide Momozawa, Masato Akiyama, Michiaki Kubo, Manabu Ikeda, Shigenobu Kanba, Yutaka Kiyohara, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Shigeyuki Nakaji, Tetsuya Maeda, Masahito Yamada, Masaru Mimura, Kenji Nakashima, Takaaki Mori, Minoru Takebayashi, Tomoyuki Ohara, Jun Hata, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Kazuhiro Uchida, Yasuyuki Taki, Shuzo Kumagai, Koji Yonemoto, Hisako Yoshida, Kaori Muto, Yukihide Momozawa, Masato Akiyama, Yutaka Kiyohara, Michiaki Kubo, Manabu Ikeda, Shigenobu Kanba, Mao Shibata, Daigo Yoshida, Yoichiro Hirakawa, Takanori Honda, Sanmei Chen, Naoki Hirabayashi, Yoshihiko Furuta, Akane Mihara, Taro Nakazawa, Tomoyuri Ohara, Kazushige Ihara, Koichi Murashita, Kaori Sawada, Songee Jung, Yasuo Terayama, Hisashi Yonezawa, Junko Takahashi, Hiroshi Akasaka, Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara, Kazuo Iwasa, Kenji Sakai, Koji Hayashi, Hidehito Niimura, Ryo Shikimoto, Hisashi Kida, Yoko Eguchi, Yasuyo Fukada, Hisanori Kowa, Kenji Wada, Masafumi Kishi, Taku Yoshida, Hideaki Shimizu, Ayumi Tachibana, Shu-ichi Ueno, Tomohisa Ishikawa, Ryuji Fukuhara, Asuka Koyama, Mamoru Hashimoto, Midori Esaki, Yuji Takano, Yusuke Inoue
An overview of occupational noise-induced hearing loss among workers: epidemiology, pathogenesis, and preventive measures
Kou-Huang Chen, Shih-Bin Su, Kow-Tong Chen
Environmental factors involved in SARS-CoV-2 transmission: effect and role of indoor environmental quality in the strategy for COVID-19 infection control
Kenichi Azuma, U Yanagi, Naoki Kagi, Hoon Kim, Masayuki Ogata, Motoya Hayashi
Household air pollution and under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of 14 demographic and health surveys
Fanuel Meckson Bickton, Latif Ndeketa, Grace Thandekire Sibande, Juvenal Nkeramahame, Chipiliro Payesa, Edith B. Milanzi
PM2.5 exposure and DLEC1 promoter methylation in Taiwan Biobank participants
Ying-Hsiang Chou, Disline Manli Tantoh, Ming-Chi Wu, Yeu-Sheng Tyan, Pei-Hsin Chen, Oswald Ndi Nfor, Shu-Yi Hsu, Chao-Yu Shen, Chien-Ning Huang, Yung-Po Liaw
Associations between thyroid-stimulating hormone and hypertension according to thyroid cyst status in the general population: a cross-sectional study
Yuji Shimizu, Yuko Nabeshima-Kimura, Shin-Ya Kawashiri, Yuko Noguchi, Yasuhiro Nagata, Takahiro Maeda, Naomi Hayashida
Resveratrol inhibits Ca2+ signals and aggregation of platelets
Mikio Marumo, Kazumi Ekawa, Ichiro Wakabayashi
Analysis of multidimensional factors in attempts to quit using tobacco by Korean adolescents
Mi-Jung Kang, Hyunjin Lee, Mirae Jo
Spectator medicine at an international mega sports event: Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan
Takuya Tajima, Yuji Takazawa, Mutsuo Yamada, Takuro Moriya, Haruhiko Sato, Junichiro Higashihara, Yukimasa Toyama, Etsuo Chosa, Akihiko Nakamura, Ichiro Kono
Associations of socioeconomic status and lifestyle factors with dental neglect of elementary school children: the MEXT Super Shokuiku School Project
Yukiko Asaka, Michikazu Sekine, Masaaki Yamada, Takashi Tatsuse
Estimation of daily sodium and potassium excretion from overnight urine of Japanese children and adolescents
Masayuki Okuda, Keiko Asakura, Satoshi Sasaki
Effects of the built environment on physical activity: a systematic review of longitudinal studies taking sex/gender into account
Antonina Tcymbal, Yolanda Demetriou, Anne Kelso, Laura Wolbring, Kathrin Wunsch, Hagen Wäsche, Alexander Woll, Anne K. Reimers
The use of geographical analysis in assessing the impact of patients’ home addresses on their participation in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation: a prospective cohort study
Atsuko Nakayama, Masatoshi Nagayama, Hiroyuki Morita, Takuya Kawahara, Issei Komuro, Mitsuaki Isobe
Acute effect of ambient fine particulate matter on heart rate variability: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of panel studies
Zhiping Niu, Feifei Liu, Baojing Li, Na Li, Hongmei Yu, Yongbo Wang, Hong Tang, Xiaolu Chen, Yuanan Lu, Zilu Cheng, Suyang Liu, Gongbo Chen, Yuxiao Zhang, Hao Xiang
Association between self-reported snoring and hypertension among Chinese Han population aged 30–79 in Chongqing, China
Meng Xiao, Xiaojun Tang, Fan Zhang, Li Zhou, Xiaoqing Bu, Xiang Liu, Xianbin Ding, Zhuozhi Shen, Liling Chen, Yunyun Wu, Wenge Tang, Jingfu Qiu
Lack of association between multiple polymorphisms in aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) gene and cancer susceptibility
He Li, Li Luo, Dan Wang, Jun Duan, Rui Zhang
Households with unimproved water sources in Ethiopia: spatial variation and point-of-use treatment based on 2016 Demographic and Health Survey
Yohannes Tefera Damtew, Abraham Geremew
Association between high psychological distress and poor oral health-related quality of life (OHQoL) in Japanese community-dwelling people: the Nagasaki Islands Study
Ai Sekiguchi, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Hideaki Hayashida, Yuki Nagaura, Kenichi Nobusue, Fumiaki Nonaka, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Masayasu Kitamura, Koji Kawasaki, Hideki Fukuda, Takahiro Iwasaki, Toshiyuki Saito, Takahiro Maeda
Optimization and validation of a highly sensitive method for determining glyphosate in human urine by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry: a methodological study
Hiroshi Nomura, Risa Hamada, Isao Saito, Kunihiko Nakane, Ritsuko Sawa, Miwa Ukai, Eiji Shibata, Mitsuo Sato, Michihiro Kamijima, Jun Ueyama