Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

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Association between trunk-to-peripheral fat ratio and renal function in elderly Japanese men: baseline data from the Fujiwara-kyo Osteoporosis Risk in Men (FORMEN) study	189
Association between household solid fuel use and tuberculosis: cross-sectional data from the Mongolian National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey	67
Association and dose-response relationship between exposure to alcohol advertising media and current drinking: a nationwide cross-sectional study of Japanese adolescents	41
Occupational status and self-reported low back pain by gender: a nation-wide cross-sectional study among the general population in Japan	41
Characteristics and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among students under school supervision in Japan: a descriptive epidemiological study (2008–2021)	39
The role of absolute humidity in respiratory mortality in Guangzhou, a hot and wet city of South China	33
The association between urinary bisphenol A levels and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Korean adults: Korean National Environmental Health Survey (KoNEHS) 2015-2017	30
Electrocardiogram abnormalities in residents in cold homes: a cross-sectional analysis of the nationwide Smart Wellness Housing survey in Japan	26
Epidemiological studies on the health impact of air pollution in Japan: their contribution to the improvement of ambient air quality	24
Association between short-term exposure to ambient air pollutants and biomarkers indicative of inflammation and oxidative stress: a cross-sectional study using KoGES-HEXA data	23
Factors associated with food safety knowledge and practices among meat handlers in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study	23
Regional differences in health screening participation between before and during COVID-19 pandemic	23
Seasonal variation in vascular dehydration risk: insights from the Kobe Orthopedic and Biomedical Epidemiologic (KOBE) study	22
Cross-sectional associations between early mobile device usage and problematic behaviors among school-aged children in the Hokkaido Study on Environment and Children’s Health	21
Self-reported eating habits and dyslipidemia in men aged 20–39 years: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study	21
Factors related to Japanese internal medicine doctors’ retention or migration to rural areas: a nationwide retrospective cohort study	20
Mathematical model estimation of dengue fever transmission risk from Southeast and South Asia into Japan between 2016 and 2018	20
Vaccination, regular exercise, and prevention of chronic lung disease reduce exacerbation of COVID-19 severity in northern Okinawa, Japan: A cross-sectional study	20
Comprehensive survey on the use of plastic additives in toy products used in Japan	20
Loss of social independence in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2: a follow-up study using a national registry in Japan	20
Ibaraki’s Amabie-chan usage and its association with infection prevention behavior and fear of COVID-19: a cross-sectional preliminary survey of the Tsukuba Salutogenic Occupational Cohort Study	19
Covid-19 vaccine management (Comirnaty and mrna-1273 Moderna) in a teaching hospital in Italy: a short report on the vaccination campaign	19
Associations between urinary heavy metal concentrations and blood pressure in residents of Asian countries	18
Associations of blood lead, cadmium, and mercury with resistant hypertension among adults in NHANES, 1999–2018	18
Association of epidural analgesia during labor with neurodevelopment of children during the first three years: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study	16

Chlorinated persistent organic pollutants in human breast milk in the Miyagi Prefecture disaster-affected area 1 year after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011	16
The relationship between socioeconomic status and childhood overweight/obesity is linked through paternal obesity and dietary intake: a cross-sectional study in Chongqing, China	15
Relationship between maternal employment status and children’s food intake in Japan	15
Association of mixed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure with cardiovascular disease and the mediating role of inflammatory indices in US adults	15
Blood pressure, pulse rate, and skin temperature during hot-water bathing in real-world settings among community-dwelling older adults: the HEIJO-KYO Study	15
Mask use in Chinese children admitted to the outpatient department: a single-center cross-sectional study	15
Association between maternal fish consumption during pregnancy and preterm births: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study	13
Interaction between <i>CYP1A1</i> gene polymorphism and environment factors on risk of endometrial cancer	13
A decrease in serum dihydrotestosterone levels in 9-year-old Vietnamese children from a dioxin exposure area	12
A longitudinal study of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in a random sample of the general population in Hiroshima in 2020	12
Chronic noise exposure induces Alzheimer’s disease-like neuropathology and cognitive impairment via ferroptosis in rat hippocampus	12
Respiratory symptoms related to flour dust exposure are significantly high among small and medium scale flour mill workers in Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional survey	12
Acute effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency transportation due to acute alcoholic intoxication: a retrospective observational study	11
Sex- and age-specific impacts of smoking, overweight/obesity, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus in the development of disabling dementia in a Japanese population	11
Development of a rating scale for measuring resistance to persuasive health messages	10
Geriatric symptoms associated with healthy life expectancy in older people in Japan	10
Seasonal variations of the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its markers using big-data of health check-ups	10
Climate change, air pollution and chronic respiratory diseases: understanding risk factors and the need for adaptive strategies	10
Global warming and the Summer Olympic and Paralympic games: a perspective from the Tokyo 2020 Games	10
Circadian effects of ionizing radiation on reproductive function and clock genes expression in male mouse	9
Determinants of double product: a cross-sectional study of urban residents in Japan	9
Tuberculosis and anemia—cause or effect?	9
Mammographic density and exposure to air pollutants in premenopausal women: a cross-sectional study	9
Factors associated with adults’ actions to confirm their own rubella immune status in Japan’s drive toward rubella elimination: Cross-sectional online survey of non-healthcare workers in their 20s to	9
Lifestyle factors and urine levels of organophosphorus flame retardants in endometrial cancer: insights from a case-control study	9
Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter components during pregnancy and early childhood and its association with asthma, allergies, and sensitization in school-age children	8
Classes of childhood adversities and their associations to the mental health of college undergraduates: a nationwide cross-sectional study	8
Association of physical activity and dietary inflammatory index with overweight/obesity in US adults: NHANES 2007–2018	8
Harnessing the healing power of nature: a review of natural interventions in substance abuse treatment and prevention	8
Regional disparity of certified teaching hospitals on physicians’ workload and wages, and popularity among medical students in Japan	8
Genetic and immune changes in Tibetan high-altitude populations contribute to biological adaptation to hypoxia	8
Total protein intake and subsequent risk of chronic kidney disease: the Circulatory Risk in Communities Study	8
Sleep duration and mortality in patients with chronic noncommunicable disease: a population-based cohort study	8
Substance use and associated factors among preparatory school students in Kolfe-Keranyo sub-city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	8
Air pollution and adult hospital admissions for ischemic stroke: a time-series analysis in Inner Mongolia, China	8
The association between maternal social support levels during pregnancy and child development at three years of age: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study	8
SMARCA2 deficiency in NSCLC: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of a large series from a single institution	8
Just 1-min exposure to a pure tone at 100 Hz with daily exposable sound pressure levels may improve motion sickness	8
Lower regional urbanicity and socioeconomic status attenuate associations of green spaces with hypertension and diabetes mellitus: a national representative cross-sectional study in China	8
Association of physical activity level and all-cause mortality among stroke survivors: evidence from NHANES 2007–2018	7
The Lifelong Health Support 10: a Japanese prescription for a long and healthy life	7
Factors influencing protective behavior in the post-COVID-19 period in China: a cross-sectional study	7
Number of public health nurses and COVID-19 incidence rate by variant type: an ecological study of 47 prefectures in Japan	7
Gabapentin improves neuropathic pain in Minamata disease model rats	7
Not only baseline but cumulative exposure of remnant cholesterol predicts the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a cohort study	7
Associations between mental health and lifestyle changes during the COVID-19 pandemic in a general Japanese population: NIPPON DATA2010	7
Association between short-term exposure to meteorological factors on hospital admissions for hemorrhagic stroke: an individual-level, case-crossover study in Ganzhou, China	7
Associations of reproductive risk score and joint exposure to ambient air pollutants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cohort study in UK Biobank	7
A suspected case of “itai-itai disease” in a cadmium-polluted area in Akita prefecture, Japan	7
Latent profile analysis approach to the relationship between daily ambulatory activity patterns and metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and elderly Japanese individuals: The Toon Health Study	7

Efficacy of personal protective equipment to prevent environmental infection of COVID-19 among healthcare workers: a systematic review	6
Asian flush is a potential protective factor against COVID-19: a web-based retrospective survey in Japan	6
Differences of body composition and physical strength among Japanese and Thai older adults living in Chiang Mai, Thailand: an inter-ethnic cross-sectional study	6
Long-term participation in community-based group resistance exercises delays the transition from robustness to frailty in older adults: a retrospective cohort study	6
Gene-environment interactions related to maternal exposure to environmental and lifestyle-related chemicals during pregnancy and the resulting adverse fetal growth: a review	6
Correction to: Figure 3 in Association between household solid fuel use and tuberculosis: cross-sectional data from the Mongolian National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey	6
Association between height-related polymorphism rs17081935 and reduced handgrip strength in relation to status of atherosclerosis: a cross-sectional study	6
COVID-19 vaccination coverage by company size and the effects of workplace vaccination program in Japan: a cohort study	6
Intake of allergenic foods at 1.5 years and 3 years of age in a general child population in Japan: a cross-sectional study	6
The effect of daily mean temperature on hand, foot and mouth disease and the source of regional heterogeneity in Chongqing, China, 2010–2019	6
Identification of differentially expressed genes and pathways in BEAS-2B cells upon long-term exposure to particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) from biomass combustion using bioinformatics	6
Association between maternal distress during pregnancy and lower 5-min-Apgar score of the offspring: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study	6
Development and validation of a medication non-adherence scale for Malaysian hypertensive patients: a mixed-methods study	5
Associations between college/university campus characteristics and student body mass index	5
Awareness and knowledge of congenital cytomegalovirus infection among pregnant women and the general public: a web-based survey in Japan	5
Association between socioeconomic status and prolonged television viewing time in a general Japanese population: NIPPON DATA2010	5
Development and validation of ischemic heart disease and stroke prognostic models using large-scale real-world data from Japan	5
Fundamental movement skills in preschoolers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a serial cross-sectional study	5
The relationships between social participation before the COVID-19 pandemic and preventive and health-promoting behaviors during the pandemic: the JAGES 2019–2020 longitudinal study	5
Education and household income and carotid intima-media thickness in Japan: baseline data from the Aidai Cohort Study in Yawatahama, Uchiko, Seiyo, and Ainan	5
Analysis of furans and pyridines from new generation heated tobacco product in Japan	5
Simultaneous quantification of pyrethroid metabolites in urine of non-toilet-trained children in Japan	5
Prevalence of nonrestorative sleep before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: based on a nationwide cross-sectional survey among Japanese in 2019 and 2022	5
Increased care-need in older long-term care insurance users after the 2018 Japan Floods: a retrospective cohort study based on the Japanese long-term care insurance claims	5
Plasma eicosapentaenoic acid, a biomarker of fish consumption, is associated with perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acid exposure in residents of Kyoto, Japan: a cross-sectional study	5
Effects of apparent temperature on daily outpatient and inpatient visits for cause-specific respiratory diseases in Ganzhou, China: a time series study	5
Higher risk of respiratory infections and otitis media in cleft lip and/or palate patients: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study	5
Industry and workplace characteristics associated with the downloading of a COVID-19 contact tracing app in Japan: a nation-wide cross-sectional study	4
Association between nocturnal sleep duration and midday napping and the incidence of sarcopenia in middle-aged and older adults: a 4-year longitudinal study	4
Quality of life and neurological symptoms in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2: a national database study in Japan	4
Application of machine learning algorithms in predicting new onset hypertension: a study based on the China Health and Nutrition Survey	4
The role of Environmental Health in preventing antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries	4
Residential elevation and its effects on hypertension incidence among older adults living at low altitudes: a prospective cohort study	4
Short-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide and emergency department visits for cause-stroke: a time-series study in Shanghai, China, 2013–2022	4
Sociodemographic and behavioral factors related to obesity among adults in the Republic of Palau based on the WHO STEPwise approach to NCD risk factor surveillance 2011–2013: A cross-sectional study	4
When physical activity meets the physical environment: precision health insights from the intersection	4
Morphology and epidemiological study of idiopathic scoliosis among primary school students in Chaozhou, China	4
Association of ethylene oxide exposure and obstructive sleep apnea	4
COVID-19 fatality and DALYs, and associated metabolic disorders and ambient air pollutants in pre-Omicron era of the pandemic: an international comparative study	4
A comparative analysis on risk communication between international and Chinese literature from the perspective of knowledge domain visualization	4
Correction to: Classes of childhood adversities and their associations to the mental health of college undergraduates: a nationwide cross-sectional study	4
Air pollution exposure and mammographic breast density in Tehran, Iran: a cross-sectional study	4
The effect of the 2018 Japan Floods on cognitive decline among long-term care insurance users in Japan: a retrospective cohort study	4
Effects of heat waves and cold spells on blood parameters: a cohort study of blood donors in Tianjin, China	4
Cadmium body burden and health effects after restoration of cadmium-polluted soils in cadmium-polluted areas in the Jinzu River basin	4
Linalyl acetate restores colon contractility and blood pressure in repeatedly stressed-ulcerative colitis rats	3
The association of family history of herpes zoster and the risk of incident herpes zoster: the SHEZ Study	3
Health check attendance association with health and study-related factors: a register-based cohort study of Finnish university entrants	3
Heavy metals and trace elements in maternal blood and prevalence of congenital limb abnormalities among newborns: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study	3
Correction to: Prediction of 11-year incidence of psychophysically dependent status or death among community-dwelling younger elderlies: from an age-specified community-based cohort study (the NISSIN	3
Conflict-related environmental damages on health: lessons learned from the past wars and ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine	3
Impact of birth season on the years of life lost from respiratory diseases in the elderly related to ambient PM2.5 exposure in Ningbo, China	3
Dietary supplement use in elementary school children: a Japanese web-based survey	3
Identification of hub genes and key pathways in arsenic-treated rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L.) based on 9 topological analysis methods of CytoHubba	3
Correction to: Determinants of double product: a cross-sectional study of urban residents in Japan	3
The influence of information sources on intention changes to receive COVID-19 vaccination: A prospective cohort study in Japan	3
Determination of skin-insect repellent icaridin and DEET in human urine using solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry and its application to a sample of Japanese	3
Percentage of income spent on tobacco and intention to quit: a cross-sectional analysis of the JASTIS 2020 study	3
Effect of quick simple exercise on non-specific low back pain in Japanese workers: a randomized controlled trial	3
Preventive role of community-level social capital in the need for long-term care and impairment in instrumental activities of daily living: a multilevel analysis	3
Alcohol consumption and the risk of heart failure: the Suita Study and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies	3
How adverse and benevolent childhood experiences influence depression and suicidal ideation in Chinese undergraduates: a latent class analysis	3
Non-linear association between long-term air pollution exposure and risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease	3
Association between daytime napping and cognitive impairment among Chinese older population: a cross-sectional study	3
Serum protein α-klotho mediates the association between lead, mercury, and kidney function in middle-aged and elderly populations	3
Formal and informal help-seeking intentions/behaviors among students and workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review	2
Predicting demand for long-term care using Japanese healthcare insurance claims data	2
Predicting pulmonary tuberculosis incidence in China using Baidu search index: an ARIMAX model approach	2
Three in four smokers want to quit tobacco (reference to reassessing the smoking target in Japan): findings from the JASTIS2021 study	2
Association between daily ambient temperature and drug overdose in Tokyo: a time-series study	2
Joint effects of meteorological factors and PM<sub>2.5</sub> on age-related macular degeneration: a national cross-sectional study in China	2
Pathway from interpersonal sensitivity to depression among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 campus lockdown	2
Work engagement, well-being, and intent to continue working based on educational support among foreign care workers in Japan	2
Tobacco usage in the home: a cross-sectional analysis of heated tobacco product (HTP) use and combustible tobacco smoking in Japan, 2023	2
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of nursing students in Japan: a cross-sectional study	2
Association of C-reactive protein to albumin ratio with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease stages 3–5	2
Relationships of habitual daily alcohol consumption with all-day and time-specific average glucose levels among non-diabetic population samples	2
An ecological association of number of civil servants and physicians with prefectural-level rapid COVID-19 vaccination of older people in Japan	2
Copper-induced diurnal hepatic toxicity is associated with <i>Cry2</i> and <i>Per1</i> in mice	2
Is Japan at low risk for PFAS immunotoxicity?: human biomonitoring study in contaminated areas in Japan	2

The spread of heated tobacco product (HTP) use across various subgroups during 2015–16 and 2017–18 in Japan	2
The effect of health literacy on health status among residents in Qingdao, China: a path analysis	2
Emergency transportation for acute alcohol intoxication four years after the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a retrospective observational study	2
Quality of life in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1: a nationwide database study in Japan from 2015 to 2019	2
Association between alcohol intake and death from cardiovascular diseases and its subtypes stratified by dyslipidemia in Japanese men: 20-years follow-up of NIPPON DATA90	2
Cross-sectional biomonitoring of urinary deoxynivalenol, T-2 and HT-2 toxins, and zearalenone in Japanese adults	2
Abstaining from annual health check-ups is a predictor of advanced cancer diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study	2
Association between meat, fish, and fatty acid intake and incidence of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome: the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study	2
Life satisfaction and the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the general Japanese population: the Suita Study	2
Economic, cognitive, and social paths of education to health-related behaviors: evidence from a population-based study in Japan	2
A 4-year cohort study of the effects of PNPLA3 rs738409 genotypes on liver fat and fibrosis and gut microbiota in a non-fatty liver population	2
The association between antenatal coffee consumption and preeclampsia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Association between urinary metallothionein concentration and causes of death among cadmium-exposed residents in Japan: a 35-year follow-up study	2
Associations of physical activity and screen time with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis	2
Ethylene oxide exposure increases impaired glucose metabolism in the US general population: a national cross-sectional study	2
The effect modification of PM<sub>2.5</sub> and ozone on the short-term associations between temperature and mortality across the urban areas of Japan	2
Metabolic syndrome and depression: evidence from a cross-sectional study of real-world data in Japan	2
A population-based urinary and plasma metabolomics study of environmental exposure to cadmium	2
Gestational arsenic exposure induces anxiety-like behaviors in F1 female mice by dysregulation of neurological and immunological markers	2
Biological and socioeconomic factors as moderator in relationship between leisure-time physical activity and cardiometabolic risk in adolescents from southern Brazil	2
Investigating age and regional effects on the relation between the incidence of heat-related ambulance transport and daily maximum temperature or WBGT	2