About the Authors
- Shamima Akter
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* E-mail: samimarub@yahoo.com
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Hiroko Okazaki
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Affiliation Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
- Keisuke Kuwahara
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Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan
- Toshiaki Miyamoto
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Affiliation Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Kimitsu Works, Chiba, Japan
- Taizo Murakami
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Affiliation JFE Steel Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan
- Chii Shimizu
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Affiliation JFE Steel Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan
- Makiko Shimizu
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Affiliation JFE Steel Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan
- Kentaro Tomita
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Affiliation Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
- Satsue Nagahama
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Affiliation All Japan Labour Welfare Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
- Masafumi Eguchi
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Affiliation Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- Takeshi Kochi
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Affiliation Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- Teppei Imai
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Affiliation Azbil Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
- Akiko Nishihara
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Affiliation Azbil Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
- Naoko Sasaki
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Affiliation Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan
- Tohru Nakagawa
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Affiliation Hitachi, Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan
- Shuichiro Yamamoto
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Affiliation Hitachi, Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan
- Toru Honda
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Affiliation Hitachi, Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan
- Akihiko Uehara
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Affiliation YAMAHA CORPORATION, Shizuoka, Japan
- Makoto Yamamoto
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Affiliation YAMAHA CORPORATION, Shizuoka, Japan
- Ai Hori
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Affiliation Department of Safety and Health, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- Nobuaki Sakamoto
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Affiliation Genkiplaza Medical Center for Health Care, Tokyo, Japan
- Chiro Nishiura
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Affiliation Department of Safety and Health, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- Takafumi Totsuzaki
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Affiliation Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- Noritada Kato
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Affiliation Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
- Kenji Fukasawa
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Affiliation Ricoh Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
- Ngoc M. Pham
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam
- Kayo Kurotani
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Akiko Nanri
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Isamu Kabe
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Affiliation Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- Tetsuya Mizoue
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Tomofumi Sone
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Affiliation National Institute of Public Health, Saitama, Japan
- Seitaro Dohi
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Affiliation National Institute of Public Health, Saitama, Japan
- the Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health Study Group
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¶Membership of the Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
H. Okazaki and S. Dohi belong to Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.; T. Miyamoto, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Kimitsu Works; T. Murakami, C. Shimizu, and M. Shimizu, JFE Steel Corporation. K. Tomita, Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.; S. Nagahama, All Japan Labour Welfare Foundation; M. Eguchi, T. Kochi, and I. Kabe, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.; T. Imai and A. Nishihara, Azbil Corporation; N. Sasaki, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation; T. Nakagawa, S. Yamamoto, and T. Honda, Hitachi, Ltd.; A. Uehara, and M. Yamamoto, YAMAHA CORPORATION; A. Hori, and C. Nishiura, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.; N. Sakamoto, Genkiplaza Medical Center for Health Care; T. Totsuzaki, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.; N. Kato, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.; K. Fukasawa, Ricoh Co., Ltd. H. Okazaki, S. Dohi, T. Murakami, C. Shimizu, and M. Shimizu, K. Tomita, M. Eguchi, T. Kochi, and I. Kabe, T. Imai and A. Nishihara, N. Sasaki, T. Nakagawa, S. Yamamoto, and T. Honda, A. Uehara, and M. Yamamoto, A. Hori, and C. Nishiura, N. Sakamoto, T. Totsuzaki, and N. Kato are the health professionals in each participating company. All authors declare no conflict of interest, patents, products in development or marketed products etc. This does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SD T. Mizoue. Performed the experiments: SD T. Mizoue. Analyzed the data: SA. Wrote the paper: SA. Conducted data collection: K. Kuwahara K. Kurotani A. Nanri T. Mizoue. Provided databases for the research: HO T. Miyamoto T. Murakami CS MS KT SN ME TK TI A. Nishihara N. Sasaki TN SY TH AU MY A. Hori N. Sakamoto CN TT NK KF IK TS SD. Drafted the plan for the data analysis: SA HO K. Kuwahara T. Miyamoto T. Murakami CS MS KT SN ME TK TI A. Nishihara N. Sasaki TN SY TH AU MY A. Hori N. Sakamoto CN TT NK KF NMP K. Kurotani A. Nanri IK T. Mizoue TS SD. Provided statistical expertise: T. Mizoue K. Kuwahara.