Kano, Hirohisa
Ebara, Takeshi
Matsuki, Taro
Tamada, Hazuki
Yamada, Yasuyuki
Kato, Sayaka
Kaneko, Kayo
Matsuzaki, Kazuki
Sato, Hirotaka
Minato, Kyoko
Sugiura-Ogasawara, Mayumi
Saitoh, Shinji
Kamijima, Michihiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of theEnvironment,Government of Japan
Article History
Received: 8 August 2023
Accepted: 3 September 2024
First Online: 17 September 2024
Declarations
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: The child’s caregivers completed questionnaires about information about the mother and their children during pregnancy and from 1 month to 3 years of age. The JECS protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ministry of 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 participants. All procedures contributing to the present work comply with the Japanese Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects enforced by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, based on the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.