About the Authors

Yasuaki Saijo

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

y-saijo@asahikawa-med.a.c.jp

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Eiji Yoshioka

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Yukihiro Sato

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Yuki Kunori

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Tomoko Kanaya

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Kentaro Nakanishi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Yasuhito Kato

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Ken Nagaya

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Neonatology, Perinatal Medical Center, Asahikawa Medical University Hospital, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Satoru Takahashi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Yoshiya Ito

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Nursing, Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of Nursing, Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan

Hiroyoshi Iwata

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Hokkaido University Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Takeshi Yamaguchi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Hokkaido University Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Chihiro Miyashita

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Hokkaido University Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Sachiko Itoh

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Hokkaido University Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Reiko Kishi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Hokkaido University Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group

Membership of the JECS group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.