Win, Thida
Yamazaki, Toru
Kanda, Koji
Tajima, Kazuo
Sokejima, Shigeru
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fund to revitalize the community healthcare in Mie Prefecture
Article History
Received: 7 April 2017
Accepted: 22 February 2018
First Online: 12 March 2018
Authors’ information
: Thida Win is a doctoral student of the Department of Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Toru Yamazaki is a lecturer of the Department of Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine and vice-director of Epidemiology Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan, Koji Kanda is a member of Japan International Cooperation Agency, Tokyo, Japan, Kazuo Tajima is a visiting professor of the Department of Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, and Shigeru Sokejima is a professor and head of the Department of Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine and director of Epidemiology Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan.
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Department of Mie University (approval number: 1268). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The study was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration.
: Not applicable. The published data does not contain details that could be traced to any individual participant.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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