Update of the epidemiology of Kawasaki disease in Japan--from the results of 1993-94 nationwide survey [0.03%]
日本川崎病的流行病学的更新(根据1993~94年全国调查结果)
H Yanagawa,Y Nakamura,M Yashiro et al.
H Yanagawa et al.
Objective: The objective of this article is to describe the epidemiologic pictures of Kawasaki disease(KD) in Japan during the 2-year period of 1993 and 1994 based on the data obtained by the thirteenth nationwide epidemi...
Multicenter Study
Journal of epidemiology. 1996 Sep;6(3):148-57. DOI:10.2188/jea.6.148 1996
T Takezaki,K Hirose,M Inoue et al.
T Takezaki et al.
To analyze the risk factors of thyroid cancer among Japanese women who generally consume much more iodine than Europeans, we conducted a hospital-based case-referent study at Aichi Cancer Center Hospital (ACCH) in Nagoya, Japan. Ninety-four...
Cancer mortality in Minamata disease patients exposed to methylmercury through fish diet [0.03%]
日本水俣病患者摄食甲基汞污染的鱼贝类与癌症死亡率关系研究
Y Kinjo,S Akiba,N Yamaguchi et al.
Y Kinjo et al.
We report here a historical cohort study on cancer mortality among Minamata disease (MD) patients (n = 1,351) in Kagoshima and Kumamoto Prefectures of Japan. Taking into account their living area, sex, age and fish eating habits, the reside...
Relation of green tea consumption to serum lipids and lipoproteins in Japanese men [0.03%]
绿茶消费量与日本男性血清脂质和脂蛋白的关系
S Kono,K Shinchi,K Wakabayashi et al.
S Kono et al.
Animal experiments have shown a hypocholesterolemic effect of green tea extracts. Only few epidemiological studies have addressed the relation between green tea consumption and serum total cholesterol (TC) and low density lipoprotein choles...
A comparative epidemiological study on the effects of physical fitness on health level [0.03%]
身体素质对健康水平影响的流行病学研究
J Hiraoka,Y Nakamura,H Yanagawa
J Hiraoka
Clinical tests, a questionnaire on life style and mental health, and physical fitness tests were conducted on 3,132 individuals (1,796 men and 1,336 women) to find the relationships between physical fitness level and life style, mental heal...
Estimation of the prevalence of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in a rural area of Japan [0.03%]
日本农村非胰岛素依赖性糖尿病患病率的估计值
W Yamamoto,T Fukui,M Rahman et al.
W Yamamoto et al.
The objective of this paper is to describe a method of estimating the prevalence of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in a community. We first counted subjects with previously diagnosed NIDDM and those newly diagnosed by use o...
N Yoshiike,Y Matsumura,M Iwaya et al.
N Yoshiike et al.
The National Nutrition Survey in Japan has played an important role for nutrition policy in this country, by monitoring nutrition and health status of the Japanese since 1946. During those 50 years, diet of the Japanese has remarkably chang...
T Nakahara
T Nakahara
The health and welfare administration system in Japan is based on the concept of "welfare nation" in the Constitution, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare has prime responsibility for general health and welfare administration. There are ...
M Nagai
M Nagai
To abstract the health and welfare status of Japan, the essences of related statistics are referred and introduced. Those who want to know more detail are recommended to get a book "Health and Welfare Statistics in Japan" published by the g...
T Takeshita,K Morimoto
T Takeshita
In Japan, the spread of immunization and the development of antibiotics and antituberculosis drugs have dramatically decreased the mortality rate from infectious diseases since World War II. Alterations in health practices, such as decreasi...