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  1. The best approach to reduce congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMVi) is to practice behaviors that reduce cytomegalovirus (CMV) transmission during pregnancy. Expanding awareness and knowledge of CMV is ex...

    Authors: Masayuki Kobayashi, Aya Okahashi, Kotoba Okuyama, Naomi Hiraishi and Ichiro Morioka
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:117
  2. Although age and regional climate are considered to have effects on the incidence ratio of heat-related illness, quantitative estimation of age or region on the effect of occurring temperature for heat stroke ...

    Authors: Satoru Ueno, Daisuke Hayano, Eiichi Noguchi and Tohru Aruga
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:116
  3. We investigated factors associated with prolonged viral clearance of SARS-CoV-2 among non-severe adult patients in Osaka, Japan. A total of 706 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients were enrolled in this long...

    Authors: Emma Nakagawa Hoffman, Haruna Kawachi, Atsushi Hirayama, Jingwen Zhang, Ayumi Murayama, Jun Masui, Satomi Fujita, Yasushi Mori, Takanori Hirayama, Toshitake Ohara, Rumiko Asada and Hiroyasu Iso
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:115
  4. Graduates of environmental health engineering should be able to manage Social Determinants of Health (SDH) and acquire the essential competencies during their studies at university. This study was performed to...

    Authors: Athar Omid, Fateme Sepyani, Nikoo Yamani, Hamidreza Pourzamani and Pejman Aghdak
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:114
  5. The July 2018 Japan Floods caused enormous damage to western Japan. Such disasters can especially impact elderly persons. Research has shown that natural disasters exacerbated a decline in cognitive function, ...

    Authors: Shuhei Yoshida, Saori Kashima and Masatoshi Matsumoto
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:113
  6. The dietary habits and lifestyle changes during the COVID-19 pandemic could affect the urinary risk factors in kidney stone formers. In this study, we investigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on 24-h ...

    Authors: Sanaz Tavasoli, Nasrin Borumandnia, Abbas Basiri and Maryam Taheri
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:112
  7. We aimed to examine the cross-sectional association between occupational class and self-reported low back pain (LBP) in a representative sample of the Japanese general population.

    Authors: Kimiko Tomioka, Midori Shima and Keigo Saeki
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:111
  8. Substance abuse is a worldwide problem that primarily affects adolescents, resulting in chronic health complications as well as psychosocial challenges and economic losses. However, the magnitude of the proble...

    Authors: Leila Seid, Binyam Gintamo, Zelalem Negash Mekuria, Hussien Seid Hassen and Zemichael Gizaw
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:110
  9. For the reason that many studies have been inconclusive on the effect of humidity on respiratory disease, we examined the association between absolute humidity and respiratory disease mortality and quantified ...

    Authors: Shutian Chen, Chao Liu, Guozhen Lin, Otto Hänninen, Hang Dong and Kairong Xiong
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:109
  10. The USA has a high burden of childhood asthma. Previous studies have observed associations between higher blood lead levels and greater hypersensitivity in children. The objective of the present study was to e...

    Authors: Marina Oktapodas Feiler, Carly J. Pavia, Sean M. Frey, Patrick J. Parsons, Kelly Thevenet-Morrison, Richard L. Canfield and Todd A. Jusko
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:108
  11. The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerges in China, which spreads rapidly and becomes a public health emergency of international concern. Chinese government has promptly taken quarantine measures t...

    Authors: Yi Zhang, Xiaoyan Wu, Shuman Tao, Shiyue Li, Le Ma, Yizhen Yu, Guilong Sun, Tingting Li and Fangbiao Tao
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:107
  12. Although long maternal working hours are reported to have a negative effect on children’s dietary habits, few studies have investigated this issue in Japan. Healthy dietary habits in childhood are important be...

    Authors: Sachie Mori, Keiko Asakura, Satoshi Sasaki and Yuji Nishiwaki
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:106
  13. How community-based group resistance exercises affect the transition from robustness to frailty remains unclear. Thus, we conducted a retrospective cohort study to determine whether the trajectory from robustn...

    Authors: Chisato Hayashi, Hiromitsu Toyoda, Soshiro Ogata, Tadashi Okano and Sonoe Mashino
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:105
  14. Excess winter mortality caused by cardiovascular disease is particularly profound in cold houses. Consistent with this, accumulating evidence indicates that low indoor temperatures at home increase blood press...

    Authors: Wataru Umishio, Toshiharu Ikaga, Kazuomi Kario, Yoshihisa Fujino, Masaru Suzuki, Shintaro Ando, Tanji Hoshi, Takesumi Yoshimura, Hiroshi Yoshino and Shuzo Murakami
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:104
  15. Exposure to the ionizing radiation (IR) encountered outside the magnetic field of the Earth poses a persistent threat to the reproductive functions of astronauts. The potential effects of space IR on the circa...

    Authors: Fenju Qin, Ningang Liu, Jing Nie, Tao Shen, Yingjie Xu, Shuxian Pan, Hailong Pei and Guangming Zhou
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:103
  16. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an independent risk factor for progression to an end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis or kidney transplantation. We investigated the association of lifestyle behaviors wit...

    Authors: Azusa Hara, Takumi Hirata, Tomonori Okamura, Shinya Kimura and Hisashi Urushihara
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:102
  17. Previous studies have suggested that exposures to heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, lead, and selenium) may be associated with differences in blood pressure. However, the findings of these studies have been inco...

    Authors: Yuki Mizuno, Hana Shimizu-Furusawa, Shoko Konishi, Tsukasa Inaoka, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Makiko Sekiyama, Oekan S. Abdoellah, Budhi Gunawan, Rajendra Prasad Parajuli, Yukio Ikemoto, Tran Dinh Lam, Chiho Watanabe and Masahiro Umezaki
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:101
  18. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasingly becoming a threat to global public health, not least in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where it is contributing to longer treatment for illnesses, use o...

    Authors: David Musoke, Carol Namata, Grace Biyinzika Lubega, Filimin Niyongabo, Joviah Gonza, Kondwani Chidziwisano, Sarah Nalinya, Rebecca Nuwematsiko and Tracy Morse
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:100
  19. In this article, we aim to share our experience in the hospital reorganization made to conduct the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination campaign, based on the principles of flexibility and adaptability.

    Authors: Francesca Papini, Niccolò Grassi, Giovanni Guglielmi, Vittorio Gattini, Lucia Rago, Costanza Bisordi, Monica Scateni, Michele Totaro, Alberto Tulipani, Andrea Porretta, Lara Tavoschi, Jacopo Guercini, Grazia Luchini, Silvia Briani, Gaetano Pierpaolo Privitera and Angelo Baggiani
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:99
  20. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused changes in people’s drinking habits and the emergency management system for various diseases. However, no studies have investigated the pandemic’s impact on emergency transport...

    Authors: Marina Minami, Kazumoto Kidokoro, Masamitsu Eitoku, Atsufumi Kawauchi, Masato Miyauchi, Narufumi Suganuma and Kingo Nishiyama
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:98
  21. The number of adults aged over 65 years is rapidly increasing in several Southeast Asian countries. Muscle mass decreases with age, leading to sarcopenia. The primary objective of this study was to determine w...

    Authors: Takeshi Yoda, Bumnet Saengrut, Kensaku Miyamoto, Rujee Rattanasathien, Tatsuya Saito, Yasuko Ishimoto, Kanlaya Chunjai, Rujirat Pudwan, Kawin Sirimuengmoon and Hironobu Katsuyama
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:97
  22. International Labour Organization (ILO) report indicates more than 2.4 million workers die from work-related diseases and accidents each year. Work-related respiratory ailments related to airborne particulate ...

    Authors: Tesfaye Hambisa Mekonnen, Awrajaw Dessie and Amensisa Hailu Tesfaye
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:96
  23. The study aimed to explore the factors influencing protective behavior and its association with factors during the post-COVID-19 period in China based on the risk perception emotion model and the protective ac...

    Authors: Guiqian Shi, Xiaoni Zhong, Wei He, Hui Liu, Xiaoyan Liu and Mingzhu Ma
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:95
  24. To combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), many countries have used contact tracing apps, including Japan’s voluntary-use contact-confirming application (COCOA). The current study aimed to identify industr...

    Authors: Tomohiro Ishimaru, Koki Ibayashi, Masako Nagata, Ayako Hino, Seiichiro Tateishi, Mayumi Tsuji, Akira Ogami, Shinya Matsuda and Yoshihisa Fujino
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:94
  25. Particulate matter (PM) is recognized as the most harmful air pollutant to the human health. The Yangon city indeed suffers much from PM-related air pollution. Recent research has interestingly been focused on...

    Authors: Win-Yu Aung, Paw-Min-Thein-Oo, Zaw-Lin Thein, Sadao Matsuzawa, Takehiro Suzuki, Yo Ishigaki, Akihiro Fushimi, Ohn Mar, Daisuke Nakajima and Tin-Tin Win-Shwe
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:92
  26. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming a global health problem. Bisphenol A (BPA), one of most widely used environmental chemicals, is suspected to be a contributor to the development NAFLD. This...

    Authors: Sang Joon An, Eun-Jung Yang, Subin Oh, Kyong Jin Park, Taehyen Kim, Yeon-pyo Hong and Yun-Jung Yang
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:91
  27. Given the important repercussions that sociodemographic factors can have on physical activity, especially in the field of leisure, and cardiometabolic risk, it seems relevant to analyze the implications of the...

    Authors: Ana Paula Sehn, Debora Tornquist, Luciana Tornquist, Javier Brazo-Sayavera and Cézane Priscila Reuter
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:90
  28. In recent years, heated tobacco products (HTPs), which are widely used in Japan, have been sold by various brands using additives such as flavors. It has been reported that the components of mainstream smoke a...

    Authors: Kanae Bekki, Shigehisa Uchiyama, Yohei Inaba and Akira Ushiyama
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:89
  29. Epidemiological evidence for the relationship between education and income and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) has been limited and inconsistent. The present cross-sectional study investigated this issue...

    Authors: Yoshihiro Miyake, Keiko Tanaka, Hidenori Senba, Yasuko Hasebe, Toyohisa Miyata, Takashi Higaki, Eizen Kimura, Bunzo Matsuura and Ryuichi Kawamoto
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:88
  30. Authors: Munkhjargal Dorjravdan, Katsuyasu Kouda, Tsolmon Boldoo, Naranzul Dambaa, Tugsdelger Sovd, Chikako Nakama and Toshimasa Nishiyama
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:87

    The original article was published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:76

  31. The effects of environmental chemical exposure on blood pressure (BP) have been confirmed, but the association between exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) and hypertension risk and BP in the general population ...

    Authors: Qi Zhang, Guowei Zeng, Xiaowei Wang and Kai-Hong Wu
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:86
  32. Limited published research has examined the relationships of negative life events and coping styles with sleep quality in Chinese junior high school students. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of poor sle...

    Authors: Zheng Ren, Xiumin Zhang, Yue Shen, Xiangrong Li, Minfu He, Hong Shi, Hanfang Zhao, Shuang Zha, Shuyin Qiao, Yuyu Li, Yajiao Pu, Xinwen Fan, Xia Guo and Hongjian Liu
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:85
  33. Food handlers can play a vital role into reducing foodborne diseases by adopting appropriate food handling and sanitation practices in working plants. This study aimed to assess the factors associated with foo...

    Authors: Md. Hasan Al Banna, Tasnim Rahman Disu, Satyajit Kundu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Keith Brazendale, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Joshua Okyere, Nahidur Rahman, Shuvajit Mondal, Bidyut Matubber and Md Shafiqul Islam Khan
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:84
  34. Aging is a process that increases oxidative stress. Increased oxidative stress leads to the development of atherosclerosis and mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondria contribute to energy production that might...

    Authors: Yuji Shimizu, Shin-Ya Kawashiri, Kazuhiko Arima, Yuko Noguchi, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Kenichi Nobusue, Fumiaki Nonaka, Seiko Nakamichi, Yasuhiro Nagata and Takahiro Maeda
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:83
  35. Remnant-like particle cholesterol (RLP-C) is highly atherogenic, which is associated with atherosclerosis. However, RLP-C has not been routinely measured in the clinical practice. We estimated RLP-C levels usi...

    Authors: Hisashi Adachi, Tatsuyuki Kakuma, Mika Enomoto, Ako Fukami, Sachiko Nakamura, Yume Nohara, Nagisa Morikawa, Akiko Sakaue, Maki Yamamoto and Yoshihiro Fukumoto
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:82
  36. High levels (> 100 ug/L) of arsenic are known to cause lung cancer; however, whether low (≤ 10 ug/L) and medium (10 to 100 ug/L) doses of arsenic will cause lung cancer or other lung diseases, and whether arse...

    Authors: Caixia Ren, Yang Zhou, Wenwen Liu and Qi Wang
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:80
  37. Suicidal behaviors are seriously social issues among adolescents in the world. Exposed to smoking and being bullied are risk factors of suicidal behaviors. The present study was aimed to examine the interactio...

    Authors: Jie Hu, Xianbing Song, Danlin Li, Shuai Zhao, Yuhui Wan, Jun Fang and Shichen Zhang
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:79
  38. Health literacy is a public health goal which can be used as an independent factor of health outcomes. This study aimed to assess the association between health literacy and health status, as well as the two m...

    Authors: Yiqing Huang, Fei Qi, Rui Wang, Xiaorong Jia, Yani Wang, Peng Lin, Meiyun Geng and Shanpeng Li
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:78
  39. Rubella outbreaks occurred among adults in Japan in 2013-2014 and 2018-2019 due to immunity gaps. In response and aiming at rubella elimination by 2020, the government introduced countermeasures comprising sup...

    Authors: Masataro Norizuki, Ai Hori and Koji Wada
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:77
  40. Tuberculosis (TB) and indoor air pollution (IAP) are equally critical public health issues in the developing world. Mongolia is experiencing the double burden of TB and IAP due to solid fuel combustion. Howeve...

    Authors: Munkhjargal Dorjravdan, Katsuyasu Kouda, Tsolmon Boldoo, Naranzul Dambaa, Tugsdelger Sovd, Chikako Nakama and Toshimasa Nishiyama
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:76

    The Correction to this article has been published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:87

  41. Regional disparities in the working conditions of medical doctors have not been fully assessed in Japan. We aimed to clarify these differences in hospital characteristics: doctors’ workload, wages, and popular...

    Authors: Yutaro Ikki, Masaaki Yamada and Michikazu Sekine
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:75
  42. Ambient fine particle (PM2.5) pollution is an important public health problem in China. Short-term ambient PM2.5 exposure is associated with increased mortality of respiratory diseases. However, few evidence was ...

    Authors: Teng Yang, Tianfeng He, Jing Huang and Guoxing Li
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:74
  43. Childhood adversities pose deleterious consequences on health and well-being, but limited studies explore whether unique patterns of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) impact the mental health of emerging ad...

    Authors: Peigang Wang, Mohammedhamid Osman Kelifa, Bin Yu and Yinmei Yang
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:73

    The Correction to this article has been published in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:81

  44. Particulate matter (PM), a major component of ambient air pollution, accounts for a substantial burden of diseases and fatality worldwide. Maternal exposure to PM during pregnancy is particularly harmful to ch...

    Authors: Natalie M. Johnson, Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann, Jonathan C. Behlen, Carmen Lau, Drew Pendleton, Navada Harvey, Ross Shore, Yixin Li, Jingshu Chen, Yanan Tian and Renyi Zhang
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:72
  45. Idiopathic scoliosis (IS) affects patients’ quality of life, yet there have been few reports of its morphology and epidemiological study in the southeast region of China. The aim of this study is to access the...

    Authors: Zemin Cai, Ruibin Wu, Shukai Zheng, Zhaolong Qiu and Kusheng Wu
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:71
  46. Although the postpartum period is suggested to provide an ideal opportunity for interventions to prevent hazardous drinking, evidence on the associations of education and income with hazardous drinking during ...

    Authors: Keiko Murakami, Mami Ishikuro, Fumihiko Ueno, Aoi Noda, Tomomi Onuma, Fumiko Matsuzaki, Hirohito Metoki, Taku Obara and Shinichi Kuriyama
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:70
  47. Ambient temperature may contribute to seasonality of mortality; in particular, a warming climate is likely to influence the seasonality of mortality. However, few studies have investigated seasonality of morta...

    Authors: Lina Madaniyazi, Yeonseung Chung, Yoonhee Kim, Aurelio Tobias, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes Seposo, Yuming Guo, Yasushi Honda, Antonio Gasparrini, Ben Armstrong and Masahiro Hashizume
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:69
  48. The physical environment can facilitate or hinder physical activity. A challenge in promoting physical activity is ensuring that the physical environment is supportive and that these supports are appropriately...

    Authors: Luisa V. Giles, Michael S. Koehle, Brian E. Saelens, Hind Sbihi and Chris Carlsten
    Citation: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 26:68