Sato, Yukihiro
Tsuboya, Toru
Watt, Richard G.
Aida, Jun
Osaka, Ken
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (21119002)
the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (15H04781)
Article History
Received: 18 July 2017
Accepted: 14 February 2018
First Online: 21 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The J-SHINE study’s ethics approval and informed consent procedure were reviewed and approved by the ethics committee of the Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tokyo. Informed consent was obtained in writing from all participants. We obtained permission from the J-SHINE research team to access and use the data for our study.
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