Saijo, Yasuaki
Sato, Yukihiro
Shiotsuki, Hiroyuki
Ishikawa, Tomoki
Yoshioka, Eiji
Nakanishi, Kentaro
Kato, Yasuhito
Nagaya, Ken
Takahashi, Satoru
Ito, Yoshiya
Itoh, Mariko
Iwata, Hiroyoshi
Yamaguchi, Takeshi
Kishi, Reiko
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Kamijima, Michihiro
Yamazaki, Shin
Fukami, Maki
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
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Article History
Received: 14 April 2026
Accepted: 19 May 2026
First Online: 27 May 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The JECS protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ministry of the Environment's Institutional Review Board on Epidemiological Studies (100910001) and the Ethics Committee of all participating institutions. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and other national regulations. Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.