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2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in breast milk increases autistic traits of 3-year-old children in Vietnam
Dioxin levels in the breast milk of mothers residing near a contaminated former airbase in Vietnam remain much higher than in unsprayed areas, suggesting high perinatal dioxin exposure for their infants. The p...
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Sugar-sweetened beverage and diet soda consumption and the 7-year risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Japanese men
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Sugar-sweetened beverage and diet soda consumption and the 7-year risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Japanese men
This cohort study investigated the association between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) and diet soda consumption and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in Japanese men.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Extracting Market Trends from the Cross Correlation between Stock Time Series
In this paper, the RMT-PCA is applied on daily-close stock prices of American Stocks in NYSE for 16 years from 1994 to 2009 to show the effectiveness and consistency of this method by analyzing the whole data ...
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Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance and the risk of cardiovascular events in middle-aged non-diabetic Japanese men
Little is known about the relationship between the HOMA of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and the risk of cardiovascular events in Asian populations, which have lower levels of HOMA-IR than Western populations. ...
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Combination of the C1429T polymorphism in the G-protein beta-3 subunit gene and the A1330V polymorphism in the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 gene is a risk factor for hypercholesterolaemia
The present study examined the relationship between genetic combinations of the C1429T polymorphism in the G-protein beta-3 subunit (GNB3) gene and the A1330V polymorphism in the low-density lipoprotein recept...
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Urinary Type I Collagen Cross-Linked N-Telopeptides in Inhabitants 18 Years after Cessation of Exposure to Cadmium in Japan
No abstract available.
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Tolerable Level of Lifetime Cadmium Intake Estimated as a Benchmark Dose Low, Based on Excretion of ;2-Microglobulin in the Cadmium-Polluted Regions of the Kakehashi River Basin, Japan
No abstract available.
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Selenium, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron Concentrations in Heart and Aorta of Patients Exposed to Environmental Cadmium
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Association Between Lifetime Cadmium Intake and Cadmium Concentration in Individual Urine
No abstract available.
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Exercise blood pressure in young adults as a predictor of future blood pressure: a 12-year follow-up of medical school graduates
It has not been fully clarified whether exercise blood pressure (BP) in young adult men and women is useful to predict future BP, especially in Asian people. A long-term prospective study was conducted in grad...
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Tolerable Lifetime Cadmium Intake Calculated from the Inhabitants Living in the **zu River Basin, Japan
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Urinary Copper and Mortality among Inhabitants Living in a Cadmium Polluted Area in Japan
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Hand-assisted thoracoscopic resection for anterior mediastinal masses
We report three cases of anterior mediastinal disease (pericardial cyst, thymoma, and myasthenia gravis) in which we used a hand-assisted method in combination with thoracoscopic resection via an infrasternal ...
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Video-assisted thoracic lobectomy by the substernal hand-assisted method for a metastatic lung tumor
In lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), the surgeon is required to have experience and a high degree of skill in performing the operation. We applied substernal hand-assisted thoracoscopic lobe...
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An analysis of video-assisted thoracoscopic resection for mediastinal masses in 150 cases
Background: To clarify the usefulness of the diagnosis and treatment of mediastinal masses, by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), we performed a retrospective multi-institutional study to delineate t...
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Haemorrhagic Complication Following Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for Carotid Stenosis
We report 2 cases with haemorrhagic complications following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for carotid stenosis. Computed tomography (CT) scanning of these cases demonstrated diffuse subarachnoid...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A 32-Channel MCG System Cooled by a GM/JT Cryocooler
Most SQUID systems for biomagnetic measurements use liquid helium as a cryogen. To reduce operating costs and to eliminate the need for handling liquid helium, SQUID systems cooled by small closed-cycle cryoco...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Development of a 61-Channel MEG System Cooled by a GM/JT Cryocooler
Most SQUID-based systems used for biomagnetic measurements require liquid helium to achieve a low temperature environment However, cryogenic temperatures can now be easily attained by using commercially availa...
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MRI in occipital lobe infarcts: classification by involvement of the striate cortex
We reviewed the MRI studies of 25 patients with occipital lobe infarcts to clarify the distribution of infarcts in the posterior cerebral arterial territory, focussing on their relationship to the striate cor...
