Hu, Huan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8558-2895
Miyamoto, Toshiaki
Okazaki, Hiroko
Eguchi, Masafumi
Shirasaka, Taiki
Kochi, Takeshi
Kabe, Isamu
Tomizawa, Aki
Nakagawa, Tohru
Honda, Toru
Yamamoto, Shuichiro
Miki, Takako
Fukunaga, Ami
Yamamoto, Shohei
Inoue, Yosuke
Miyake, Haruka
Konishi, Maki
Dohi, Seitaro
Mizoue, Tetsuya
Funding for this research was provided by:
industry health foundation
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20H03952)
National Center for Global Health and Medicine (19A1006)
Article History
Received: 29 March 2022
Accepted: 22 November 2022
First Online: 17 December 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This procedure conforms to the Japanese Ethical Guidelines for Epidemiological Research, where the procedure of obtaining consent may be simplified for observational studies using existing data. The study protocol, including the consent procedure, was approved by the Ethics Committee of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan (NCGM-G-001140).
: Prior to data collection, the conduct of the J-ECOH Study was announced in each company by using posters that explained the purpose and procedure of the study.
: Participants were not required to provide any informed consent for participation. However, they were allowed at any time to refuse to participate.