Oku, Akira
Saito, Yoshihiro
Iwata, Hiroyoshi
Itoh, Sachiko
Hosokawa, Ami
Yamaguchi, Takeshi
Itoh, Mariko
Makino, Keitaro
Tojo, Maki
Watari, Hidemichi
Ito, Yoshiya
Saijo, Yasuaki
Kishi, Reiko
,
Kamijima, Michihiro
Yamazaki, Shin
Fukami, Maki
Kishi, Reiko
Ota, Chiharu
Hashimoto, Koichi
Sakurai, Kenichi
Ito, Shuichi
Shinohara, Ryoji
Inadera, Hidekuni
Nakayama, Takeo
Kawasaki, Ryo
Takeshima, Yasuhiro
Nagashima, Hideki
Suganuma, Narufumi
Tsuji, Mayumi
Nakamura, Kimitoshi
Article History
Received: 21 November 2025
Accepted: 27 February 2026
First Online: 6 March 2026
Declarations
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: The JECS protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ministry of the Environment’s Institutional Review Board on Epidemiological Studies (No. 100910001) and the Ethics Committees of all participating institutions. Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants. The JECS was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.