Aoki, Yoshinori https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9071-1395
Nakai, Michikazu
Sawada, Hirotake
Moritake, Hiroshi
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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
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Ministry of Environment, Japan
Article History
Received: 7 May 2026
Accepted: 24 July 2026
First Online: 3 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ministry of the Environment’s Institutional Review Board on Epidemiological Studies and the Ethics Committees of all participating institutions (Ethical No. 100910001). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants or their legal guardians.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interes t.