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    Mediating Factors Between Parental Socioeconomic Status and Small for Gestational Age in Infants: Results from the Hokkaido Study on Environment and Children’s Health

    Previous studies indicated a significant association between small for gestational age (SGA) in infants and their parents' socioeconomic status (SES). Thus, this study aimed to examine if parental factors, suc...

    Naomi Tamura, Tomoyuki Hanaoka, Kumiko Ito in Maternal and Child Health Journal (2021)

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    Early-Life Environmental Influences on Allergic Diseases

    Allergic diseases, including asthma, food allergies, atopic dermatitis (eczema), allergic rhinitis or hay fever, and anaphylaxis, have gradually been increasing in prevalence. Allergies have both a genetic and...

    Yu Ait Bamai, Chihiro Miyashita in Early-life Environmental Exposure and Dise… (2020)

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    Endocrine-Distributing Chemicals and Reproductive Function

    Exposures to environmental chemicals affecting androgen action (endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs)) are suspected to have a negative impact on male reproductive function by disrupting normal differentiation...

    Atsuko Araki, Tina Kold Jensen in Health Impacts of Developmental Exposure t… (2020)

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    Further Direction of Research and Policy Making of Environment and Children’s Health

    The Minamata Convention was established following the Minamata disaster. To protect humans and the environment from persistent organic pollutants, the Stockholm Convention was established. However, there are m...

    Reiko Kishi, Atsuko Araki in Health Impacts of Developmental Exposure t… (2020)