Mizutani, Mayumi
Nishide, Ritsuko
Nishitani, Naoko
Bando, Harumi
Nishimura, Junko
Tanimura, Susumu
Article History
Received: 25 December 2024
Accepted: 26 May 2025
First Online: 18 July 2025
Declarations
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: Not applicable. This study uses publicly available prefectural-level data that does not contain personally identifiable information, which is not applicable to the “Scope of Application” of the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects by the Japanese Ministries [].
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.