Rationale and study design of the Japan environment and children's study (JECS)

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kawamoto, Toshihiro ^a,b   Nitta, Hiroshi ^a   Murata, Katsuyuki ^c   Toda, Eisaku ^d   Tsukamoto, Naoya ^d   Hasegawa, Manabu ^d   Yamagata, Zentaro ^e   Kayama, Fujio ^f   Kishi, Reiko ^g   Ohya, Yukihiro ^h   Saito, Hirohisa ^h   Sago, Haruhiko ^h   Okuyama, Makiko ^h   Ogata, Tsutomu ^h   Yokoya, Susumu ^h   Koresawa, Yuji ^a   Shibata, Yasuyuki ^a   Nakayama, Shoji ^a   Michikawa, Takehiro ^a   Takeuchi, Ayano ^a   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Japan Ministry of the Environment   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^f JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Children; Environmental chemicals; Growth and development; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892429629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-25     Document Type: Article

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