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Effects of dioxin exposure on reproductive and thyroid hormone levels and male sexual function in airbase military workers in Vietnam

Dioxins are endocrine disruptors that may disturb male sexual and reproductive function. Studies on human populations are limited, and their results are controversial. This study evaluated the impact of dioxin...

Tai Pham The, Muneko Nishijo, Manh Phan Van… in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2024)

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Nutritional Interventions in Treating or Ameliorating Aggression with Dietary Regimes and Protocols

Oxidative stress has been implicated in aggressive human behavior. The effects of oxidative stress may be mediated by its effects on parvalbumin (PV)-positive neurons in the brain. The vulnerability of PV-posi...

Hisao Nishijo, Muneko Nishijo… in Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence (2023)

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Nutritional Interventions in Treating or Ameliorating Aggression with Dietary Regimes and Protocols

Oxidative stress has been implicated in aggressive human behavior. The effects of oxidative stress may be mediated by its effects on parvalbumin (PV)-positive neurons in the brain. The vulnerability of PV-posi...

Hisao Nishijo, Muneko Nishijo… in Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence

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The relationship between cadmium exposure and renal volume in inhabitants of a cadmium-polluted area of Japan

This follow-up study was conducted over 30 years in a cadmium-polluted area of Japan. Urinary cadmium (U-Cd) concentration decreased by nearly half from 1986 to 2008 in men and women. However, it increased fro...

**an Liang Sun, Teruhiko Kido… in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2021)

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Effects of Cadmium Exposure on Life Prognosis

The increased cancer incidence and mortality associated with cadmium (Cd) exposure have been investigated worldwide, but the findings are often inconsistent. The increased mortality from cardiovascular and oth...

Muneko Nishijo, Hideaki Nakagawa in Cadmium Toxicity (2019)

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Reply to the letter to the editor “TCDD and birth weight of Vietnamese infants”

Dao Van Tung, Teruhiko Kido, Seijiro Honma… in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2016)

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Cadmium exposure and risk of lung cancer: a meta-analysis of cohort and case–control studies among general and occupational populations

The association between cadmium exposure and risk of lung cancer is still unclear. We quantitatively reviewed the observational studies that investigated the association between cadmium exposure and lung cance...

Cheng Chen, Pengcheng Xun, Muneko Nishijo… in Journal of Exposure Science & Environmenta… (2016)

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Low birth weight of Vietnamese infants is related to their mother’s dioxin and glucocorticoid levels

We aimed to determine the relationship between dioxin congeners in maternal breast milk and maternal glucocorticoid levels with newborn birth weight after nearly 45 years of use of herbicides in the Vietnam Wa...

Dao Van Tung, Teruhiko Kido, Seijiro Honma… in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2016)

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Attenuation of Urinary Cadmium in Inhabitants of the Environmentally Exposed **zu River Basin Determined by Applying a Mixed Linear Model

Half-life of urinary cadmium level (U-Cd) was estimated in inhabitants whose initial U-Cd was ≥5 μg/L (131 men and 177 women) or ≥5 μg/gcr (195 men and 246 women), using a linear mixed model adjusted for the b...

Kazuhiro Nogawa, Yasushi Suwazono… in Bulletin of Environmental Contamination an… (2016)

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Influence of dioxin exposure upon levels of prostate-specific antigen and steroid hormones in Vietnamese men

Most studies on the relationship between Agent Orange and prostate cancer have focused on US veterans of the Vietnam War. There have been few studies focusing on the relationship between levels of prostate-spe...

**an Liang Sun, Teruhiko Kido, Seijiro Honma… in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2016)

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Cadmium exposure and risk of pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and case–control studies among individuals without occupational exposure history

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly types of cancer for both genders. Classified as a human carcinogen, cadmium has been related to diverse cancers. However, the association between cadmium exposure an...

Cheng Chen, Pengcheng Xun, Muneko Nishijo… in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2015)

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Renal tubular dysfunction increases mortality in the Japanese general population living in cadmium non-polluted areas

The aim of this study was to establish the cause–effect relationship between renal tubular dysfunction and mortality. A 19-year cohort study was conducted in 900 men and 1313 women in 1993 or 1994 who lived in...

Yasushi Suwazono, Kazuhiro Nogawa… in Journal of Exposure Science & Environmenta… (2015)

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Maternal risk factors associated with increased dioxin concentrations in breast milk in a hot spot of dioxin contamination in Vietnam

This study looked to identify determinants of exposure to dioxin in breast milk from breast-feeding women in a hot spot of dioxin exposure in Vietnam. Breast milk was collected from 140 mothers 1 month after d...

Nguyen Thi Nguyet Anh, Muneko Nishijo… in Journal of Exposure Science & Environmenta… (2014)