About the Authors
- Akiko Nanri
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* E-mail: nanri@ri.ncgm.go.jp
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Tohru Nakagawa
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Affiliation Hitachi, Ltd., Ibaraki, 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
- Shuichiro Yamamoto
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Affiliation Hitachi, Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan
- Toru Honda
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Affiliation Hitachi, Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan
- Hiroko Okazaki
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Affiliation Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
- Akihiko Uehara
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Affiliation YAMAHA CORPORATION, Shizuoka, Japan
- Makoto Yamamoto
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Affiliation YAMAHA CORPORATION, Shizuoka, Japan
- Toshiaki Miyamoto
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Affiliation Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Kimitsu Works, Chiba, Japan
- Takeshi Kochi
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Affiliation Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- Masafumi Eguchi
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Affiliation Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- Taizo Murakami
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Affiliation Mizue Medical Clinic, Keihin Occupational Health Center, Kanagawa, Japan
- Chii Shimizu
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Affiliation Mizue Medical Clinic, Keihin Occupational Health Center, Kanagawa, Japan
- Makiko Shimizu
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Affiliation Mizue Medical Clinic, Keihin Occupational Health Center, 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
- 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
- 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 Health Design Inc., Tokyo, Japan
- Chihiro 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 Health Insurance Society, Tokyo, Japan
- Noritada Kato
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Affiliation Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
- Kenji Fukasawa
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Affiliation ADVANTAGE Risk Management Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- Hu Huanhuan
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Shamima Akter
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- 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
- 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 Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
- for 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
T. Nakagawa, S. Yamamoto, and T. Honda belong to Hitachi, Ltd.; H. Okazaki and S. Dohi, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.; A. Uehara and M. Yamamoto, YAMAHA CORPORATION; T. Miyamoto, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Kimitsu Works; T. Kochi, M. Eguchi, and I. Kabe, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.; T. Murakami, C. Shimizu, and M. Shimizu, Mizue Medical Clinic, Keihin Occupational Health Center; K. Tomita, Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.; S. Nagahama, All Japan Labour Welfare Foundation; T. Imai and A. Nishihara, Azbil Corporation; N. Sasaki, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation; A. Hori and C. Nishiura, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.; N. Sakamoto, Health Design Inc.; T. Totsuzaki, Mizuho Health Insurance Society; N. Kato, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.; K. Fukasawa, ADVANTAGE Risk Management Co., Ltd. T. Nakagawa, S. Yamamoto, T. Honda, H. Okazaki, S. Dohi, A. Uehara, M. Yamamoto, T. Miyamoto, T. Kochi, M. Eguchi, I. Kabe, T. Murakami, C. Shimizu, M. Shimizu, K. Tomita, S. Nagahama, T. Imai, A. Nishihara, N. Sasaki, A. Hori, C. Nishiura, N. Sakamoto, T. Totsuzaki, N. Kato, and K. Fukasawa 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 the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SD T. Mizoue. Performed the experiments: A. Nanri K. Kuwahara K. Kurotani T. Mizoue. Analyzed the data: A. Nanri HH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN SY TH HO AU MY T. Miyamoto TK ME T. Murakami CS MS KT SN TI A. Nishihara N. Sasaki IK SD. Drafted the plan for the data analyses: A. Nanri K. Kuwahara SN AH N. Sakamoto CN TT NK KF HH SA K. Kurotani T. Mizoue TS SD. Interpretation of the results and revision of the manuscript: A. Nanri TN K. Kuwahara SY TH HO AU MY T. Miyamoto TK ME T. Murakami CS MS KT SN TI A. Nishihara N. Sasaki AH N. Sakamoto CN TT NK KF HH SA K. Kurotani IK T. Mizoue TS SD. Wrote the paper: A. Nanri. Conducted data collection: A. Nanri K. Kuwahara K. Kurotani T. Mizoue.