Motoki, Noriko
Inaba, Yuji
Toubou, Hirokazu
Hasegawa, Kohei
Shibazaki, Takumi
Tsukahara, Teruomi
Nomiyama, Tetsuo
Kamijima, Michihiro
Yamazaki, Shin
Ohya, Yukihiro
Kishi, Reiko
Yaegashi, Nobuo
Hashimoto, Koichi
Mori, Chisato
Ito, Shuichi
Yamagata, Zentaro
Inadera, Hidekuni
Nakayama, Takeo
Sobue, Tomotaka
Shima, Masayuki
Nakamura, Hiroshige
Suganuma, Narufumi
Kusuhara, Koichi
Katoh, Takahiko
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Article History
Received: 20 June 2023
Accepted: 9 November 2023
First Online: 23 November 2023
Declarations
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: The JECS protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ministry of the Environment’s Institutional Review Board on Epidemiological Studies (no. 100910001) as well as by the Ethics Committees of all participating institutions (National Institute for Environmental Studies, National Center for Child Health and Development, Hokkaido University, Sapporo Medical University, Asahikawa Medical University, 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 Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Hyogo Medical University, Tottori University, Kochi University, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kyushu University, Kumamoto University, University of Miyazaki, University of the Ryukyu). The JECS is conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration and other nationally valid regulations and guidelines, and written informed consent was obtained from all participants or legal guardians of the participants under the age of 16 years. Authors did not have access to information that could identify individual participants during or after data collection.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.