About the Authors
- Yasumitsu Nishimura
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Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan
- Kazuaki Takahashi
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Affiliation Comprehensive Housing R&D Institute, SEKISUI HOUSE, Ltd., 6-6-4 Kabutodai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619–0224, Japan
- Akinori Mase
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Affiliation Comprehensive Housing R&D Institute, SEKISUI HOUSE, Ltd., 6-6-4 Kabutodai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619–0224, Japan
- Muneo Kotani
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Affiliations Comprehensive Housing R&D Institute, SEKISUI HOUSE, Ltd., 6-6-4 Kabutodai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619–0224, Japan, Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd., 1 Higashi 3-chome, Komaki, Aichi, 485–8550 Japan
- Kazuhisa Ami
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Affiliations Comprehensive Housing R&D Institute, SEKISUI HOUSE, Ltd., 6-6-4 Kabutodai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619–0224, Japan, Yamada SXL Home Co. Ltd., 5F OAP Tower, 1-8-30 Tenma-bashi, Kita-Ku, Osaka, 530–0043, Japan
- Megumi Maeda
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Affiliation Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Division of Bioscience, Okayama University Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Okayama, 700–0082, Japan
- Takashi Shirahama
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Affiliation Artech Kohboh, Co. Ltd., 57–29, Hattandago, Higashisonogi, Higashisonogi, Nagasaki, 859–3922, Japan
- Suni Lee
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Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan
- Hidenori Matsuzaki
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Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan
- Naoko Kumagai-Takei
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Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan
- Kei Yoshitome
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Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan
- Takemi Otsuki
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* E-mail: takemi@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Mastushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–0192, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The SUMICAS devices described in this manuscript were provided by Artech Kohboh Ltd. and Yamada SXL Home Co. Ltd. The scientific content of this work was not directly supported by Artech Kohboh Ltd. or Yamada SXL Home Co. Ltd. save that author Takashi Shirahama is employed by Artech Kohboh Ltd. and author Kazuhisa Ami is employed by Yamada SXL Home Co. Ltd. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YN KY TO. Performed the experiments: YN MM TS HM SL NK-T. Analyzed the data: YN TO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT AM MK KA. Wrote the paper: YN TO.