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Yakugaku Zasshi

Title:		[Exposure Measurements in Japan Environment and Children's Study]
Author(s):		Nakayama S;
Address:		"Integrated Health Risk Assessment Section, Centre for Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute for Environmental Studies"
Journal Title:		Yakugaku Zasshi
Year:		2016
Volume:		136
Issue:		6
Page Number:		795 - 798
DOI:		10.1248/yakushi.15-00285-5
ISSN/ISBN:		1347-5231 (Electronic) 0031-6903 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The Japan Ministry of the Environment is conducting a large-scale birth cohort study called the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS), which involves 100000 mother-child pairs. Mothers are enrolled during pregnancy, and their children are followed up and studied until they reach the age of 13 years. The JECS started recruiting mothers in January 2011 and completed the registration of more than 103000 mothers in March 2014. The National Institute for Environmental Studies takes the lead in the study programming and implementation in cooperation with the National Centre for Child Health and Development and 15 Regional Centres that reach out to the study participants. In the study, the effects of environmental factors on children's health and development are investigated. The environment in this study is defined not only as air, soil, water, and indoor environments but also as various chemical substances, physical conditions, socioeconomic factors, psychological conditions, lifestyles and community situations. Mothers' and children's exposures to these environmental factors are measured through chemical analyses of biospecimens collected during pregnancy and after birth, questionnaires and computer modelling. The homes of the randomly selected participants (5000) are visited to measure the concentrations of volatile organic compounds, nitrogen and sulphuric oxides and particulate matter. Vacuum dust samples are also collected for chemical analysis. All these data will be combined with the information collected by the dwelling unit observation to assess the exposure of children aged 1.5 and 3 years"
Keywords:		"Adolescent Aftercare Child *Child Health Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Dust/analysis Environmental Exposure/*analysis *Environmental Health Female Humans Infant Japan Male Nitrogen/analysis Particulate Matter/analysis Pregnancy Volatile Organic Compound;"
Notes:		"MedlineNakayama, Shoji jpn Review Japan 2016/06/03 Yakugaku Zasshi. 2016; 136(6):795-8. doi: 10.1248/yakushi.15-00285-5"