Yang, Gui
Hisada, Aya
Yamamoto, Midori
Kawanami, Akiko
Mori, Chisato
Sakurai, Kenichi
Kamijima, Michihiro
Yamazaki, Shin
Ohya, Yukihiro
Kishi, Reiko
Yaegashi, Nobuo
Hashimoto, Koichi
Ito, Shuichi
Yamagata, Zentaro
Inadera, Hidekuni
Nakayama, Takeo
Sobue, Tomotaka
Shima, Masayuki
Kageyama, Seiji
Suganuma, Narufumi
Ohga, Shoichi
Katoh, Takahiko
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Article History
Received: 29 May 2023
Accepted: 20 September 2023
First Online: 2 October 2023
Declarations
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: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study (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, i.e., National Institute for Environmental Studies, National Center for Child Health and Development, Hokkaido University, Sapporo Medical University, Asahikawa Medical College, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of Nursing, Tohoku University, Fukushima Medical University, Chiba University, Yokohama City University, University of Yamanashi, Shinshu University, University of Toyama, Nagoya City University, Kyoto University, Doshisha University, Osaka University, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Hyogo College of Medicine, Tottori University, Kochi University, University of Occupational and Environmental University, Kyushu University, Kumamoto University, University of Miyazaki, and the University of the Ryukyus. The JECS was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and all participants provided written informed consent. Written informed consent was obtained from all the study participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.