About the Authors
- Shoko Matsumoto
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* E-mail: shoko27@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
- Kazue Yamaoka
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Affiliation Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
- Machiko Inoue
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Affiliation Department of Family and Community Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
- Mariko Inoue
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Affiliations Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Shinsuke Muto
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Affiliation Health and Life Revival Council in the Ishinomaki District (RCI), Miyagi, Japan
- Teikyo Ishinomaki Research Group
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¶Membership of the Teikyo Ishinomaki Research Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Affiliations Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Matsumoto KY Machiko Inoue Mariko Inoue. Performed the experiments: S. Muto. Analyzed the data: S. Matsumoto Machiko Inoue KY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S. Muto. Wrote the paper: S. Matsumoto. Revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content: the Teikyo Ishinomaki Research Group.