About the Authors

Yoshiki Ishikawa

ishikun@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Jichi Medical University, Shimotuke-shi, Tochigi, Japan

Hiromu Nishiuchi

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hana Hayashi

Affiliations Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Public Health Department, McCann Healthcare Worldwide Japan, Inc, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kasisomayajula Viswanath

Affiliations Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YI KV. Performed the experiments: YI. Analyzed the data: YI HN HH KV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YI NH KV. Wrote the paper: YI KV.