GHP staff and students focus on producing high-quality peer reviewed research from across the full range of our research topics and policy areas. At these pages you can find our latest peer-reviewed publications, student dissertations, and reports to government and private bodies.
Hironori Nishikawa, Xerxes Tesoro Seposo, Lina Madaniyazi, Yoonhee Kim, Aurelio Tobías, Makiko
Yamagami, Satbyul Estella Kim, Akinori Takami, Seiji Sugata, Yasushi Honda, Kayo Ueda, Masahiro
Hashizume, Chris Fook Sheng Ng. Long-term trends in mortality risk associated with short-term exposure
to air pollution in 10 Japanese cities between 1977 and 2015. Environmental Research. 2023, 15: 115108.
Luise Nathalie Nottmeyer, Ben Armstrong, Rachel Lowe, Sam Abbott, Sophie Meakin, Kathleen O’Reilly, Rosa Von Borries, Rochelle Schneider, Dominic Royé, Masahiro Hashizume, Mathilde Pascal, Aurelio Tobias, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Eric Lavigne, Patricia Matus Correa, Nicolás Valdés Ortega, Jan Kynčl,
Aleš Urban, Hans Orru, Niilo Ryti, Jouni Jaakkola, Marco Dallavalle, Alexandra Schneider, Yasushi Honda,
Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Barrak Alahmad, Gabriel Carrasco, Iulian Horia Holobâc, Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee, Carmen Iñiguez, Michelle Bell, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Noah Scovronick, Micheline de Sousa
Zanotti Stagliorio Coélho, Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva, Magali Hurtado Diaz, Antonio Gasparrini,
Francesco Sera. The association of COVID-19 incidence with temperature, humidity, and UV radiation – A global multi-city analysis. Science of the Total Environment. 2023, 854: 158636.
Chua PLC, Seposo XT, Hashizume M. Heat exposure and the transmission of infectious diseases. In: Guo Y, Li S, eds. Heat exposure and human health in the context of climate change. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Oxford, United Kingdom, and Cambridge, USA. Elsevier. 2023: 189-221.
Ortiz AMD, Chua PLC, Salvador D, Dyngeland C, Albao JDG, Abesamis RA. The impacts of tropical storms on the nexus of food, health, and biodiversity. The World Health Organization Bulletin.
Xerxes Seposo; Kayo Ueda; Chris Fook Sheng Ng; Lina Madaniyazi; Seiji Sugata; Ayako Yoshino; Akinori Takami. Role of oxides of nitrogen in the ozone-cardiorespiratory visit association.
Environmental Pollution. 2023-01. 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120802
Szu Yu Lin; Chris Fook Sheng Ng; Yoonhee Kim; Zin Wai Htay; Alton Quan Cao; Rui Pan; Masahiro Hashizume. Ambient temperature and nervous system diseases-related mortality in Japan from 2010 to 2019: A time-stratified case-crossover analysis. Science of The Total Environment. 2023-01. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161464.
Ortiz AM, Chua PL, Salvador D, Dyngeland C, Albao JD, Abesamis RA. Impacts of tropical cyclones on food security, health and biodiversity. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2023;101(2):152-4.
Murakami M, Nomura S. Annual prevalence of non-communicable diseases and identification of vulnerable populations following the Fukushima disaster and COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2023; 84: 103471.
Michiko Toizumi, Chisei Satoh, Billy J Quilty, Hien Anh Thi Nguyen, Lina Madaniyazi, Lien Thuy Le, Chris
Fook Sheng Ng, Minoru Hara, Chihiro Iwasaki, Mizuki Takegata, Noriko Kitamura, Monica Larissa Nation,
Catherine Satzke, Hung Thai Do, Minh Xuan Bui, Kim Mulholland, Stefan Flasche, Duc Anh Dang, Ken-ichi
Kaneko, and Lay-Myint Yoshida. Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Prevalence of Otitis Media
with Effusion among Children in Vietnam. Vaccine. 2022, 40(36): 5366-5375.
Cong Liu , Jing Cai , Renjie Chen , Francesco Sera , Yuming Guo , Shilu Tong , Shanshan Li , Eric Lavigne ,
Patricia Matus Correa , Nicolas Valdes Ortega , Hans Orru, Marek Maasikmets , Jouni J.K. Jaakkola , Niilo
Ryti , Susanne Breitner , Alexandra Schneider , Klea Katsouyanni , Evangelina Samoli , Masahiro
Hashizume ; Yasushi Honda , Chris Fook Sheng Ng , Magali Hurtado Diaz , César De la Cruz Valencia , Shilpa Rao , Alfonso Diz-Lois Palomares , Susana Pereira da Silva , Joana Madureira , Iulian Horia Holobâc , Simona Fratianni , Noah Scovronick , Rebecca M. Garland , Aurelio Tobias , Carmen Íñiguez ; Bertil
Forsberg , Christofer Åström , Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera , Martina S. Ragettli , Yue-Liang Leon Guo , Shih-
Chun Pan , Ai Milojevic , Michelle L. Bell , Antonella Zanobetti , Joel Schwartz , Antonio Gasparrini ,
Haidong Kan. Coarse Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality: A Global Study in 205 Cities. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2022, 206(8), 999-1007.
Saira Tasmin, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Andrew Stickley, Shinya Yasumoto, Chiho Watanabe. Acute effects of ambient temperature on lung function of a panel of school children living in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Science of the Total Environment. 2022; 838: 156139.
Paul LC Chua, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Lina Madaniyazi, Xerxes Seposo, Miguel Antonio Salazar, Veronika Huber, Masahiro Hashizume. Projecting temperature-attributable mortality and hospital admissions due
to enteric infections in the Philippines. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2022; 130(2): 027011.
Paul LC Chua, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Aurelio Tobias, Xerxes Seposo, Masahiro Hashizume. Associations between ambient temperature and enteric infections by pathogen: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Planetary Health. 2022; 6(3): e202-e218.
Pierre Masselot, Francesco Sera, Rochelle Schneider, Haidong Kan, Éric Lavigne, Massimo Stafoggia,
Aurelio Tobias, Hong Chen, Richard T. Burnett, Joel Schwartz, Antonella Zanobetti, Michelle L. Bell, Bing-
Yu Chen, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Martina S. Ragettli, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Christofer Åström, Bertil
Forsberg, Carmen Íñiguez, Rebecca M. Garland, Noah Scovronick, Joana Madureira, Baltazar Nunes, César
De la Cruz Valencia, Magali Hurtado Diaz, Yasushi Honda, Masahiro Hashizume, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Evangelia Samoli, Klea Katsouyanni, Alexandra Schneider, Susanne Breitner, Niilo R.I. Ryti, Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Marek Maasikmets, Hans Orru, Yuming Guo, Nicolás Valdés Ortega, Patricia Matus Correa, Shilu
Tong, Antonio Gasparrini. Differential mortality risks associated with PM2.5 components: a multi-country
multi-city study. Epidemiology. 2022; 33(2): 167-175. https://doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000001455
Differential mortality risks associated with PM2.5 components: a multi-country multi-city study. Epidemiology. 2022; 33(2): 167-175.
Prommas P, Lwin KS, Chen YC, Hyakutake M, Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Miyata H, Nomura S. The impact of social isolation from COVID-19-related public health measures on cognitive function and mental health among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ageing Research Reviews. 2022: 101839.
Prommas P, Lwin KS, Chen YC, Hyakutake M, Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Miyata H, Nomura S. The impact of social isolation from COVID-19-related public health measures on cognitive function and mental health among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ageing Research Reviews. 2022: 101839.
Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Tobias A, Seposo XT, Hashizume M. Associations between ambient temperature and enteric infections by pathogen: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2022; 6(3): e202-e218. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00003-1
Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Madaniyazi L, Seposo X, Salazar MA, Huber V, Hashizume M. Projecting temperature-attributable mortality and hospital admissions due to enteric infections in the Philippines. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2022; 130(2): 027011. doi:10.1289/EHP9324
Estanislao RD, Salazar MA, Sigua JA, Chua PLC, Dorotan MM. Collaboration and capacity for climate change and health research: an analysis of stakeholders in the Philippines. The Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2022; 6:100107. doi:10.1016/j.joclim.2021.100107
Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Tobias A, Seposo XT, Hashizume M.. Associations between ambient temperature and enteric infections by pathogen: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Planet Health. 2022;6(3):e202-e218. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00003-1.
Shimizu K, Ueda P, Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Nomura S. Assessment of traffic accidents in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic vs. previous years: a preliminary report. Healthcare. 2022; 10(5).
Lwin KS, Nomura S, Swe KT, Gilmour S, Alam MA, Hashizume M. Attributable risk of household solid fuel use and second-hand smoke associated with under-5 mortality in 46 low- and lower-middle-income countries, 2010-2020. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 2022; 243: 113986.
Ghaznavi C, Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Yoneoka D, Makiyama K, Sakamoto H, Ueda P, Eguchi A, Nomura S. Changes in marriage, divorce and births during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. BMJ Global Health. 2022; 7(5).
Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Kawashima T, Horiuchi S, Ishikane M, Abe SK, Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Tanoue Y, Hashizume M, Nomura S. Decreased incidence followed by comeback of pediatric infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. World Journal of Pediatrics. 2022.
COVID-19 Excess Mortality Collaborators (including Nomura S). Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020-21. The Lancet. 2022; 399(10334): 1513-36.
COVID-19 Cumulative Infection Collaborators (including Nomura S). Estimating global, regional, and national daily and cumulative infections with SARS-CoV-2 through Nov 14, 2021: a statistical analysis. The Lancet. 2022.
Nomura S, Eguchi A, Tanoue Y, Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Suzuki M, Hashizume M. Excess deaths from COVID-19 in Japan and 47 prefectures from January through June 2021. Public Health. 2022; 203: 15-8.
Adachi M, Murakami M, Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Hashizume M, Sakamoto H, Eguchi A, Ghaznavi C, Gilmour S, Kaneko S, Kunishima H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Tanoue Y, Yamamoto Y, Miyata H, Nomura S. Factors associated with the risk perception of COVID-19 infection and severe illness: A cross-sectional study in Japan. SSM - Population Health. 2022; 18: 101105.
Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Nomura S, Kubota A, Yoneoka D, Shibuya K, Ueda P. Fish in the sea: number, characteristics, and partner preferences of unmarried Japanese adults - analysis of a national survey. PLoS One. 2022; 17(2): e0262528.
Yamasaki L, Nomura S. Global warming and the Summer Olympic and Paralympic games: a perspective from the Tokyo 2020 Games. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 2022; 27(0): 7.
GBD 2019 Ageing Collaborators (including Nomura S). Global, regional, and national burden of diseases and injuries for adults 70 years and older: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study. BMJ. 2022; 376: e068208.
Nomura S (co-first), Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Murakami M, Sakamoto H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Gilmour S, Shi S, Kunishima H, Kaneko S, Adachi M, Shimada K, Yamamoto Y, Miyata H Identification of optimum combinations of media channels for approaching COVID-19 vaccine unsure and unwilling groups in Japan. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2022; 18: 100330
Kayano R, Lin M, Shinozaki Y, Nomura S, Kim Y. Long-term mental health support after natural hazard events: a report from an online survey among experts in Japan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(5).
COVID-19 National Preparedness Collaborators (including Nomura S). Pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: an exploratory analysis of infection and fatality rates, and contextual factors associated with preparedness in 177 countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Sept 30, 2021. The Lancet. 2022; 399(10334): 1489-512.
Ghaznavi C, Eguchi A, Tanoue Y, Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Suzuki M, Hashizume M, Nomura S. Pre- and post-COVID-19 all-cause mortality of Japanese citizens versus foreign residents living in Japan, 2015–2021. SSM - Population Health. 2022; 18: 101114.
Tanoue Y, Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Uryu S, Nomura S, Eguchi A, Makiyama K, Matsuura K. Public transportation network scan for rapid surveillance. Biostatistics & Epidemiology. 2022: 1-15.
Koda M, Harada N, Eguchi A, Nomura S, Ishida Y. Reasons for suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. JAMA Network Open. 2022; 5(1): e2145870.
Ghaznavi C, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Sakamoto H, Ueda P, Ishikane M, Ando N, Miyazato Y, Nomura S. Recent changes in the reporting of STIs in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sex Transm Infect. 2022.
Onozuka D, Tanoue Y, Nomura S, Kawashima T, Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Ng CFS, Matsuura K, Shi S, Makiyama K, Uryu S, Kawamura Y, Takayanagi S, Gilmour S, Hayashi TI, Miyata H, Sera F, Sunagawa T, Takahashi T, Tsuchihashi Y, Kobayashi Y, Arima Y, Kanou K, Suzuki M, Hashizume M. Reduced mortality during the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan, 2020: a two-stage interrupted time-series design. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2022; 51(1): 75-84.
Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Yamasaki L, Nomura S, Yoneoka D, Shibuya K, Ueda P. Salaries, degrees, and babies: trends in fertility by income and education among Japanese men and women born 1943-1975-Analysis of national surveys. PLoS One. 2022; 17(4): e0266835.
Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Ghaznavi C, Inoue M. Toward a third term of Health Japan 21 - implications from the rise in non-communicable disease burden and highly preventable risk factors. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2022; 21: 100377.
COVID-19 Forecasting Team (including Nomura S). Variation in the COVID-19 infection-fatality ratio by age, time, and geography during the pre-vaccine era: a systematic analysis. The Lancet. 2022; 399(10334): 1469-88.
Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Nomura S, Eguchi A. Distributed lag interrupted time series model for unclear intervention timing: effect of a statement of emergency during COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2022; 22(1): 202.
Ghaznavi C, Yoneoka D, Tanoue Y, Gilmour S, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Kawamura Y, Miyata H, Nomura S. Inter-prefectural travel and network connectedness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Journal of Epidemiology. 2022.
Liu Xi, Wang F, Yu C, Zhou M, Yu Y, Qi J, Yin P, Yu S, Zhou Y, Lin L, Liu Y, Wang Q, Zhong W, Huang S, Li Y, Liu L, Liu Y, Ma F, Zhang Y, Tian Y, Yu Q, Zeng J, Pan J, Zhou M, Kang W, Zhou J, Yu H, Liu Y, Li S, Yu H, Wang C, Xia T, Xi J, Ren X, Xing X, Cheng Q, Fei F, Wang D, Zhang S, He Y, Meng R, Cao J, Wen H, Shi F, Wang Y, Sun P, Liu Y, Bai J, Wang X, Shen H, Zhang Y, Guo Y, Yan Y, Zhang W, Ke S, Zhang R, Wang D, Zhang T, Nomura S, Salomon JA, Haagsma JA, Vos T. Eliciting national and subnational sets of disability weights in mainland China: findings from the Chinese disability weight measurement study. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2022; 26: 100520.
Ghaznavi C, Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Murakami M, Gilmour S, Kaneko S, Kunishima H, Naito W, Sakamoto H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Takahashi A, Takayama Y, Tanoue Y, Yamamoto Y, Yasutaka T, Miyata H, Nomura S. Factors associated with reversals of COVID-19 vaccination willingness: Results from two longitudinal, national surveys in Japan 2021-2022. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2022: 100540.
Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Murakami M, Ghaznavi C, Gilmour S, Kaneko S, Kawashima T, Kunishima H, Naito W, Sakamoto H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Takahashi A, Takayama Y, Tanoue Y, Yamamoto Y, Yasutaka T, Miyata H. Characterising reasons for reversals of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among Japanese people: one-year follow-up survey. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2022: 100541.
Tanoue Y, Ghaznavi C, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Nomura S. Changes in health care access during the COVID-19 pandemic: estimates of national Japanese data, June 2020-October 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(14).
Nomura S, Eguchi A, Ghaznavi C, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Yoneoka D, Yamasaki L, Suzuki M, Hashizume M. Excess deaths from non-COVID-19-related causes in Japan and 47 prefectures from January 2020 through May 2021 by place of death. SSM - Population Health. 2022; 19: 101196.
Lwin KS, Ghaznavi C, Win KL, Gilmour S, Hashizume M, Nomura S. Myanmar's coup risks a flood of vaccine-preventable disease. Journal of Global Health. 2022; 12: 03060.
Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Fukumoto K, Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Tabuchi T, Miyata H, Ghaznavi C, Shibuya K, Nomura S. Effect of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games on COVID-19 incidence in Japan: a synthetic control approach. BMJ Open. 2022; 12(9): e061444.
Ghaznavi C, Ishikane M, Yoneoka D, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Nomura S. Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and state of emergency declarations on the relative incidence of legionellosis and invasive pneumococcal disease in Japan. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. 2022.
Global Burden of Disease Long COVID Collaborators (including Nomura S). Estimated Global Proportions of Individuals With Persistent Fatigue, Cognitive, and Respiratory Symptom Clusters Following Symptomatic COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021. JAMA. 2022; 328(16): 1604-15.
Uchibori M, Ghaznavi C, Murakami M, Eguchi A, Kunishima H, Kaneko S, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Miyata H, Nomura S. Preventive Behaviors and Information Sources during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Japan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(21).
Nomura S, Tanaka S, Eguchi A, Kawashima T, Nakamura H, Lwin KS, Yamasaki L, Yoneoka D, Tanoe Y, Adachi M, Hayabuchi H, Koganemaru S, Nishimura T, Sigel B, Uneyama H, Shibuya K. Salt intake reduction using umami substance-incorporated food: a secondary analysis of NHANES 2017-2018 data. Public Health Nutrition. 2022: 1-25.
Nakamura H, Kawashima T, Yamasaki L, Lwin KS, Eguchi A, Hayabuchi H, Tanoe Y, Tanaka S, Yoneoka D, Ghaznavi C, Uneyama H, Shibuya K, Nomura S. Reducing salt intake with umami: A secondary analysis of data in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey. Food Science & Nutrition. 2022; 00:1-11.
\Chen Y, Abe SK, Inoue M, Yamaji T, Iwasaki M, Nomura S, Hashizume M, Tsugane S, Sawada N, Group JS. Green tea and coffee consumption and risk of kidney cancer in Japanese adults. Scientific Reports. 2022; 12(1): 20274.
Xerxes Tesoro Seposo, Lina Madaniyazi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda.
COVID-19 pandemic modifies temperature and heat-related illness ambulance transport association in Japan: A nationwide observational study. Environmental Health. 2021; 20: 122.
Lina Madaniyazi, Xerxes Seposo, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Aurelio Tobias, Michiko Toizumi, Hiroyuki
Moriuchi, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Masahiro Hashizume. Respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks are predicted after the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021; online ahead of print.
Aurelio Tobías, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda, Francesco Sera, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yoonhee Kim, Dominic Roye, Yeonseung Chung, Tran Ngoc Dang, Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee, Carmen Íñiguez, Ana Vicedo-Cabrera, Rosana Abrutzky, Yuming Guo, Shilu Tong, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, Paulo
Hilario Nascimento Saldiva, Eric Lavigne, Patricia Matus Correa, Nicolás Valdés Ortega, Haidong Kan, Samuel Osorio, Jan Kyselý, Aleš Urban, Hans Orru, Ene Indermitte, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Niilo R.I. Ryti, Mathilde Pascal, Veronika Huber, Alexandra Schneider, Klea Katsouyanni, Antonis Analitis, Alireza Entezari, Fatemeh Mayvaneh, Patrick Goodman, Ariana Zeka, Paola Michelozzi, Francesca de'Donato, Barrak Alahmad, Magali Hurtado Diaz, César De la Cruz Valencia, Ala Overcenco, Danny Houthuijs,Caroline Ameling, Shilpa Rao, Francesco Di Ruscio, Xerxes Seposo, Baltazar Nunes, João Paulo Teixeira, Iulian Horia Holobâc, Noah Scovronick, Fiorella Acquaotta, Bertil Forsberg, Christofer Åström, Martina S. Ragettli, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Bing-Yu Chen, Shanshan Li, Valentina Colistro, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Do Van Dung, Ben Armstrong, Antonio Gasparrini. Geographical variations of the minimum
mortality temperature at a global scale: a multi-country study. Environmental Epidemiology. 2021; 5: e169.
Paul LC Chua, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Adovich Rivera, Eumelia Salva, Miguel Antonio Salazar, Veronika Huber, Masahiro Hashizume. Association between ambient temperature and severe diarrhoea in the
National Capital Region, Philippines. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18: 8191.
Lina Madaniyazi, Yeonseung Chung, Yoonhee Kim, Aurelio Tobias, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes Seposo, Yuming Guo, Yasushi Honda, Antonio Gasparrini, Ben Armstrong, Masahiro Hashizume. Seasonality of mortality under a changing climate: a time-series analysis of mortality in Japan between 1972 and 2015.
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 2021
Lina Madaniyazi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes Seposo, Michiko Toizumi, Lay Myint Yoshida, Yasuda
Honda, Masahiro Hashizume. Role of temperature, influenza and other local characteristics in seasonality
of mortality: a population-based time-series study in Japan. BMJ Open. 2021; 11: e044876.
Lina Madaniyazi, Ben Armstrong, Yeonseung Chung, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes Seposo, Yoonhee Kim, Aurelio Tobias, Yuming Guo, Francesco Sera, Yasushi Honda, Antonio Gasparrini, Masahiro Hashizume.
Multi-country Multi-city (MCC) Collaborative Research Network. Seasonal variation in mortality and the role of temperature: a multi-country multi-city study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2021; online ahead of print.
Paul LC Chua, Veronika Huber, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes T Seposo, Lina Madaniyazi, Simon Hales, Alistair Woodward, Masahiro Hashizume. Global Projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to
enteric infections: an aetiology-specific modelling study. Lancet Planetary Health. 2021; 5: e436:e445.
Aurelio Tobias, Lina Madaniyazi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes Seposo, Masahiro Hashizume. Can SARS-CoV-2 global seasonality be determined after one year of pandemic? Environmental Epidemiology. 2021; 5: e146.
Xia Meng, Cong Liu, Renjie Chen, Francesco Sera, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Ai Milojevic, Yuming Guo,
Shilu Tong, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva, Eric Lavigne,
Patricia Matus Correa, Nicolas Valdes Ortega, Samuel Osorio Garcia, Jan Kyselý, Aleš Urban, Hans Orru,
Marek Maasikmets, Jouni Jaakkola, Niilo Ryti, Veronika Huber, Alexandra Schneider, Klea Katsouyanni,
Antonis Analitis, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Baltazar Nunes, João Paulo Teixeira, Iulian Horia Holobaca, Simona Fratianni, Ho Kim, Aurelio Tobias, Carmen Íñiguez, Bertil Forsberg, Christofer Åström, Martina S. Ragettli, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Shih-Chun Pan, Shanshan Li, Michelle L. Bell, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Tangchun Wu, Antonio Gasparrini, Haidong Kan. Short term associations of ambient nitrogen dioxide with daily total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality: a multi-location analysis in 398 cities. British Medical Journal. 2021; 372: n534.
Ayesha Ferdosi Kabir, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Shinya Yasumoto, Taiichi Hayashi, Chiho Watanabe. Effect of ambient temperature on daily nebulized asthma hospital visits in a tropic city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(3): 890.
Shinya Uryu, Yuta Tanoue, Shuhei Nomura, Kentara Matsuura, Koji Makiyama, Takayuki Kawashima,
Daisuke Yoneoka, Akifumi Eguchi, Yumi Kawamura, Stuart Gilmour, Haruka Sakamoto, Kazuki Shimizu,Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masahiro Hashizume. Trends in emergency transportation due to heat illness under
the new normal lifestyle in the COVID-19 era, in Japan and 47 prefectures. Science of the Total Environment. 2021; 768: 144723.
Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Rivera A, Salva E, Salazar MA, Huber V, Hashizume M. Association between ambient temperature and severe diarrhoea in the National Capital Region, Philippines. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(15): 8191. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18158191.
Chua PLC, Huber V, Ng CFS, Seposo X, Madaniyazi L, Hales S, Woodward A, Hashizume M. Global projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to enteric infections. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2021; 5(7): e436-e445. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00152-2.
Madaniyazi L, Armstrong B, Chung Y, Ng CFS, Seposo X, Kim Y, Tobias A, Guo Y, Sera F, Honda Y, Gasparrini A, Hashizume M: Multi-country Multi-city (MCC) Collaborative Research Network. Seasonal variation in mortality and the role of temperature: a multi-country multi-city study. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab143.
Chua PLC, Huber V, Ng CFS, Seposo XT, Madaniyazi L, Hales S, Woodward A, Hashizume M. Global projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to enteric infections: a modelling study. Lancet Planet Health. 2021;5(7):e436-e445. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00152-2.
Rauniyar SK, Iwaki Y, Yoneoka D, Hashizume M, Nomura S. Age-appropriate vaccination coverage and its determinants in children aged 12-36 months in Nepal: a national and subnational assessment. BMC Public Health. 2021; 21(1): 2063.
Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Rauniyar SK, Shimada K, Yamamoto H, Kohsaka S, Ichihara N, Kumamaru H, Miyata H. Analysis of the relationship between the HbA1c screening results and the development and worsening of diabetes among adults aged over 40 years: a 4-year follow-up study of 140,000 people in Japan - the Shizuoka study. BMC Public Health. 2021; 21(1): 1880.
Iwaki Y, Rauniyar SK, Nomura S, Huang MC. Assessing factors associated with TB awareness in Nepal: a national and subnational study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(10).
Nomura S (co-first), Yoneoka D, Shi S, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Matsuura K, Makiyama K, Uryu S, Ejima K, Sakamoto H, Taniguchi T, Kunishima H, Gilmour S, Nishiura H, Miyata H. Assessing the regional impact of Japan's COVID-19 state of emergency declaration: a population-level observational study using social networking services. BMJ Open. 2021; 11(2): e042002.
Nomura S, Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Hirahara N, Tanoue Y, Gilmour S, Tachimori H, Miyata H. Association between daily living walking speed and lifestyle and physiological factors in older, female Pokémon GO players. Health. 2021; 13: 564-73.
Nomura S, Murakami M, Ozaki A, Sawano T, Leppold C, Nishikawa Y, Saito H, Oikawa T, Tsubokura M. Comparative risk assessment of non-communicable diseases by evacuation scenario- a retrospective study in the 7 years following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. Global Health Action. 2021; 14(1): 1918886.
Shimizu K, Gilmour S, Mase H, Le PM, Teshima A, Sakamoto H, Nomura S.
COVID-19 and heat illness in Tokyo, Japan: implications for the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(7).
Nakamura H, Amimo F, Yi S, Tuot S, Yoshida T, Tobe M, Rahman MM, Yoneoka D, Ishizuka A, Nomura S.
Developing and validating regression models for predicting household consumption to introduce an equitable and sustainable health insurance system in Cambodia. International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 2021; 36(6): 2094-105.
Nomura S (co-first), Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Shi S, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Makiyama K, Uryu S, Sawada M, Kawamura Y, Takayanagi S, Gilmour S, Miyata H. Effect of emergency declaration on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: A social network service-based difference-in-differences approach. Science Progress. 2021; 104(3): 368504211029793.
Nomura S (co-first), Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Ng CFS, Matsuura K, Shi S, Makiyama K, Uryu S, Kawamura Y, Takayanagi S, Gilmour S, Miyata H, Sunagawa T, Takahashi T, Tsuchihashi Y, Kobayashi Y, Arima Y, Kanou K, Suzuki M, Hashizume M . Excess all-cause deaths during Coronavirus disease pandemic, Japan, January-May 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2021; 27(3): 789-95.
Nomura S, Kayano R, Egawa S, Harada N, Koido Y. Expected scopes of health emergency and disaster risk management (Health EDRM): report on the Expert Workshop at the Annual Conference for the Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine 2020. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(9).
Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Makiyama K, Tanoue Y, Nomura S, Eguchi A. Geographically weighted generalized Farrington algorithm for rapid outbreak detection over short data accumulation periods. Statistics in Medicine. 2021; 40(28): 6277-94.
COVID-19 Mental Disorders Collaborators (including Nomura S). Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet. 2021; 398(10312): 1700-12.
GBD 2019 Adolescent Mortality Collaborators (including Nomura S). Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10-24 years, 1950-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. 2021; 398(10311): 1593-618.
GBD 2019 Under-5 Mortality Collaborators (including Nomura S). Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. 2021; 398(10303): 870-905.
Laowahutanon T, Nakamura H, Tachimori H, Nomura S, Liabsuetrakul T, Lim A, Rawdaree P, Suchonwanich N, Yamamoto H, Ishizuka A, Shibuya K, Miyata H. Chongsuvivatwong V. Hospital admission for type 2 diabetes mellitus under the Universal Coverage Scheme in Thailand: A time- and geographical-trend analysis, 2009-2016. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7): e0253434.
Nomura S, Yamamoto Y, Yoneoka D, Haagsma JA, Salomon JA, Ueda P, Mori R, Santomauro D, Vos T, Shibuya K. How do Japanese rate the severity of different diseases and injuries? - an assessment of disability weights for 231 health states by 37,318 Japanese respondents. Population Health Metrics. 2021; 19(1): 21.
Acuti Martellucci C, Nomura S, Yoneoka D, Ueda P, Brotherton J, Canfell K, Palmer M, Manzoli L, Giorgi Rossi P, De Togni A, Palmonari C, Califano A, Saito E, Hashizume M, Shibuya K. Human papillomavirus vaccine effectiveness within a cervical cancer screening programme: cohort study. BJOG. 2021; 128(3): 532-9.
Gekka Y, Adachi T, Oi R, Nakayama S, Kawana Y, Takeda Y, Nomura S, Ozaki A, Tanimoto T, Sakamoto H, Yamashita T. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy by oocyte donation pregnancy in Japanese women aged 40 years or older: a single-center retrospective cohort study. Hypertension in Pregnancy. 2021; 40(1): 36-44.
Murano Y, Ueno R, Shi S, Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Tanaka S, Nomura S, Shoji H, Shimizu T, Nguyen H, Miyata H, Gilmour S, Yoneoka D. Impact of domestic travel restrictions on transmission of COVID-19 infection using public transportation network approach. Scientific Reports. 2021; 11(1): 3109.
Inoue Y, Nomura S, Nishiura C, Hori A, Yamamoto K, Nakagawa T, Honda T, Yamamoto S, Eguchi M, Kochi T, Miyamoto T, Okazaki H, Imai T, Nishihara A, Ogasawara T, Sasaki N, Uehara A, Yamamoto M, Shimizu M, Konishi M, Kabe I, Mizoue T, Dohi S. Loss of working life years due to mortality, sickness absence, or ill-health retirement: a comprehensive approach to estimating disease burden in the workplace. Journal of Epidemiology. 2021; 31(7): 403-9.
Han SM, Lwin KS, Swe KT, Gilmour S, Nomura S. Military coup during COVID-19 pandemic and health crisis in Myanmar. BMJ Global Health. 2021; 6.
Nomura S, Tanoue Y, Yoneoka D, Gilmour S, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Miyata H. Mobility patterns in different age groups in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic: a small area time series analysis through March 2021. Journal of Urban Health. 2021; 98(5): 635-41.
Palmer M, Katanoda K, Saito E, Martellucci CA, Ostuki S, Nomura S, Ota E, Brotherton JML, Hocking J. National genotype prevalence and age distribution of human papillomavirus from infection to cervical cancer in Japanese women: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Systematic Reviews. 2021; 10(1): 135.
Ozaki A, Murakami M, Nomura S, Sawano T, Tsubokura M, Ono K, Takebayashi Y, Tsukada M, Yamaoka K, Nakata Y, Ohira H. Overall health information exposure, its barriers and impacts on attitude toward healthcare among cancer patients. The long-term aftermath of the 2011 triple disaster in Fukushima, Japan: A single institution cross-sectional study. Health Informatics Journal. 2021; 27(2): 1460458221996420.
Nomura S (co-first), Yoneoka D, Tanaka S, Ishizuka A, Peter U, Rauniyar SK, Nakamura K, Uneyama H, Hayashi N, Shibuya K. Prediction of disability-adjusted life years for diseases due to low fruit intake in 2017-2040 in Japan. Public Health Nutrition. 2021; 24(10): 3156-66.
Nishimura K, Mori J, Sawada T, Nomura S, Kouzmenko A, Yamashita K, Kanemoto Y, Kurokawa T, Hayakawa A, Tokiwa S, Ochi M, Shimmura H, Kato S. Profiling of androgen-dependent enhancer RNAs expression in human prostate tumors: search for malignancy transition markers. Research and Reports in Urology. 2021; 13: 705-13.
Kayano R, Nomura S, Abrahams J, Huda Q, Chan EYY, Murray V. Progress towards the development of research agenda and the launch of Knowledge Hub: the WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network (Health EDRM RN) . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(9).
Tanaka S, Yoneoka D, Ishizuka A, Ueda P, Nakamura K, Uneyama H, Hayashi N, Shibuya K, Nomura S . Projections of disability-adjusted life years for major diseases due to a change in vegetable intake in 2017-2040 in Japan. BMC Public Health . 2021; 21(1): 770.
Arik SO, Shor J, Sinha R, Yoon J, Ledsam JR, Le LT, Dusenberry MW, Yoder NC, Popendorf K, Epshteyn A, Euphrosine J, Kanal E, Jones I, Li CL, Luan B, McKenna J, Menon V, Singh S, Sun M, Ravi AS, Zhang L, Sava D, Cunningham K, Kayama H, Tsai T, Yoneoka D, Nomura S, Miyata H, Pfister T. A prospective evaluation of AI-augmented epidemiology to forecast COVID-19 in the USA and Japan. NPJ Digit Med. 2021; 4(1): 146.
Nomura S, Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Murakami M, Sakamoto H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Gilmour S, Shi S, Kunishima H, Kaneko S, Adachi M, Shimada K, Yamamoto Y, Miyata. Reasons for being unsure or unwilling regarding intention to take COVID-19 vaccine among Japanese people: A large cross-sectional national survey. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2021; 14: 100223.
Nomura S (co-first), Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Shi S, Miyata H. The relationship between fever rate and telework implementation as a social distancing measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Public Health. 2021; 192: 12-4.
Nomura S (co-first), Eguchi A, Gilmour S, Harada N, Sakamoto H, Ueda P, Yoneoka D, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Hayashi TI, Arima Y, Suzuki M, Hashizume M. Suicide by gender and 10-year age groups during the COVID-19 pandemic vs previous five years in Japan: An analysis of national vital statistics. Psychiatry Research. 2021; 305: 114173.
Global Burden of Disease 2020 Health Financing Collaborator Network (including Nomura S). Tracking development assistance for health and for COVID-19: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990-2050. The Lancet. 2021; 398(10308): 1317-43.
Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Ishizuka A, Shibuya K. Tracking development assistance for health: a comparative study of the 29 Development Assistance Committee countries, 2011-2019. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(16).
Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Ishizuka A, Shimizu K, Shibuya K. Tracking sectoral allocation of official development assistance: a comparative study of the 29 Development Assistance Committee countries, 2011-2018. Global Health Action. 2021; 14(1): 1903222.
Nomura S, Kawashima T, Yoneoka D, Tanoue Y, Eguchi A, Gilmour S, Hashizume M. Trends in deaths from road injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, January to September 2020. Injury Epidemiology. 2021; 7(1): 66.
Nomura S (co-first), Uryu S, Tanoue Y, Matsuura K, Makiyama K, Kawashima T, Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Kawamura Y, Gilmour S, Sakamoto H, Shimizu K, Ng CFS, Hashizume M. Trends in emergency transportation due to heat illness under the new normal lifestyle in the COVID-19 era, in Japan and 47 prefectures. Science of The Total Environment. 2021; 768: 144723.
Nomura S (co-first), Makiyama K, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Tanoue Y, Kawamura Y, Sakamoto H, Gilmour S, Shi S, Matsuura K, Uryu S, Hashizume M. Trends in healthcare access in Japan during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, up to June 2020. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021; 18(6).
Nomura S, Kawashima T, Harada N, Yoneoka D, Tanoue Y, Eguchi A, Gilmour S, Kawamura Y, Hashizume M. Trends in suicide in Japan by gender during the COVID-19 pandemic, through December 2020. Psychiatry Research. 2021; 300: 113913.
Nomura S, Kawashima T, Yoneoka D, Tanoue Y, Eguchi A, Gilmour S, Kawamura Y, Harada N, Hashizume M. Trends in suicide in Japan by gender during the COVID-19 pandemic, up to September 2020. Psychiatry Research. 2021; 295: 113622.
Nomura S, Ishizuka A, Tanaka S, Yoneoka D, Uneyama H, Shibuya K. Umami: an alternative Japanese approach to reducing sodium while enhancing taste desirability. Health. 2021; 13: 629-36.
Takayuki Kawashima, Shuhei Nomura, Yuta Tanoue, Daisuke Yoneoka, Akifumi Eguchi, Chris Fook Sheng
Ng, Kentaro Matsuura, Shoi Shi, Koji Makiyama, Shinya Uryu, Yumi Kawamura, Shinichi Takayanagi, Stuart
Gilmour, Hiroaki Miyata, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Takuri Takahashi, Yuuki Tsuchihashi, Yusuke Kobayashi,
Yuzo Arima, Kazuhiko Kanou, Motoi Suzuki, Masahiro Hashizume. Estimation of excess all-cause deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and 47 prefectures, January to May 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2020; 27: 789-795.
Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes T Seposo, Meng Ling Moi, Muhammad Abdul Basit Ahmad Tajudin, Lina Madaniyazi, Mazrura Sahani. Characteristics of COVID-19 epidemic and control measures to curb
transmission in Malaysia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020; 101: 409-411.
Nang Mon Hsai, Mitsuaki Matsui, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Cho Thet Khaing, Imoto Atsuko, Ahmed M Sayed, Nguyen Tien Huy, Yasuhiko Kamiya, Kazuhiko Moji. Satisfaction of pregnant women with antenatal care services at Women and Children Hospital in South Okkalapa, Myanmar: a facility-based cross-sectional study triangulated with qualitative study. Patient Preference and Adherence. 2020; 14: 2489-2499.
Masahiro Hashizume, Yoonhee Kim, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yeonseung Chung, Lina Madaniyazi, Michelle L Bell, Yue Leon Guo, Haidong Kan, Yasushi Honda, Seung-Muk Yi, Ho Kim, Yuji Nishiwaki. Health effects of Asian dust: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2020; 128(6): 066001.
Kisung Sim, Yoonhee Kim, Masahiro Hashizume, Antonio Gasparrini, Ben Armstrong, Francesco Sera, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yasushi Honda, Yeonseung Chung. Spatio-temporal heterogeneity in the temperature-suicide association: a nationwide study in Japan from 1972-2015. Environmental International. 2020; 142: 105829.
Co Thach Nguyen, Meng Ling Moi, Thi Quynh Mai Le, Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen, Thi Bich Hau Vu, Hai Tuan Nguyen, Thi Thu Hang Pham, Thi Hien Thu Le, Le Manh Hung Nguyen, Minh Huong Phu Ly, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Taichiro Takemura, Kouchi Morita, Futoshi Hasebe. Prevalence of Zika virus neutralizing antibodies in healthy adults in Vietnam during and after the Zika virus epidemic season: a longitudinal population-based survey. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2020; 20(1): 332.
Keita Shimmei, Takahiro Nakamura, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masahiro Hashizume, Yoshitaka Murakami, Aya Maruyama, Takako Misaki, Nobuhiko Okabe, Yuji Nishiwaki. Association Between Seasonal Influenza and Absolute Humidity: Time-Series Analysis with Daily Surveillance Data in Japan. Scientific Reports. 2020; 10: 7764.
Ana M Vicedo-Cabrera, Francesco Sera, Cong Liu, Ben Armstrong, Ai Milojevic, Yuming Guo, Shilu Tong,
Eric Lavigne, Jan Kyselý, Aleš Urban, Hans Orru, Ene Indermitte, Mathilde Pascal, Veronika Huber,
Alexandra Schneider, Klea Katsouyanni, Evangelia Samoli, Massimo Stafoggia, Matteo Scortichini,
Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Magali Hurtado-Diaz, Julio Cruz, Susana Silva,
Joana Madureira, Noah Scovronick, Rebecca M. Garland, Ho Kim, Aurelio Tobias, Carmen Íñiguez, Bertil
Forsberg, Christofer Åström, Martina S Ragettli, Martin Röösli, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Bing-Yu Chen,
Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Michelle L Bell, Haidong Kan, and Antonio Gasparrini. Short term association between ozone and mortality: global two stage time series study in 406 locations in 20 countries. British Medical Journal. 2020; 368: m108.
de Veyra C, Chua PLC, Reyes M, Berguia G, Dema-ala C, Belizario Jr V. Bridging research to policy for the prevention and control of parasitic neglected tropical diseases in the Philippines: The War on Worms campaign. The Lancet Global Health. 2020; 8: S38. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30179-0.
Hashizume M, Kim Y, Ng CFS, Chung Y, Madaniyazi L, Bell ML, Guo YL, Kan H, Honda Y, Yi SM, Kim H, Nishiwaki Y. Health effects of Asian dust: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environ Health Perspect. 2020 Jun;128(6):66001. doi: 10.1289/EHP5312.
Mikkelsen L, Iburg KM, Adair T, Furst T, Hegnauer M, von der Lippe E, Moran L, Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Shibuya K, Wengler A, Willbond S, Wood P, Lopez AD. Assessing the quality of cause of death data in six high-income countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan and Switzerland. International Journal of Public Health. 2020; 65(1): 17-28.
Nomura S, Yoneoka D, Shi S, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Matsuura K, Makiyama K, Ejima K, Taniguchi T, Sakamoto H, Kunishima H, Gilmour S, Nishiura H, Miyata H. An assessment of self-reported COVID-19 related symptoms of 227,898 users of a social networking service in Japan: Has the regional risk changed after the declaration of the state of emergency? The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2020; 1: 100011.
Lwin KS, Nomura S, Yoneoka D, Ueda P, Abe SK, Shibuya K. Associations between parental socioeconomic position and health-seeking behaviour for diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection among under-5 children in Myanmar: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2020; 10(3): e032039.
Ozaki A, Nomura S, Leppold C, Tsubokura M, Sawano T, Tsukada M, Morita T, Tanimoto T, Saji S, Kato S, Yamaoka K, Nakata Y, Ohira H. Breast cancer provider interval length in Fukushima, Japan, after the 2011 triple disaster: a long-term retrospective study. Clinical Breast Cancer. 2020; 20(2): e127-e50.
Leung CY, Huang HL, Rahman MM, Nomura S, Krull Abe S, Saito E, Shibuya K. Cancer incidence attributable to tuberculosis in 2015: global, regional, and national estimates. BMC Cancer. 2020; 20(1): 412.
Nomura S, Siesjo V, Tomson G, Mohr W, Fukuchi E, Shibuya K, Tangcharoensathien V, Miyata H. Contributions of information and communications technology to future health systems and Universal Health Coverage: application of Japan's experiences. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2020; 18(1): 73.
Nomura S, Miyata H. Digitization of the approach to food and nutrition respecting individual health values. Nutrition Reviews. 2020; 78(12 Suppl 2): 46-8.
Nomura S (co-first), Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Ejima K, Shi S, Eguchi A, Taniguchi T, Sakamoto H, Kunishima H, Gilmour S, Nishiura H, Miyata H. Early SNS-based monitoring system for the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan: a population-level observational study. Journal of Epidemiology. 2020; 30(8): 362-70.
Huang HL, Leung CY, Saito E, Katanoda K, Hur C, Kong CY, Nomura S, Shibuya K. Effect and cost-effectiveness of national gastric cancer screening in Japan: a microsimulation modeling study. BMC Medicine. 2020; 18(1): 257.
GBD 2019 Viewpoint Collaborators (including Nomura S). Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. 2020; 396(10258): 1135-59.
Nomura S, Yoneoka D, Tanaka S, Ishizuka A, Ueda P, Nakamura K, Uneyama H, Hayashi N, Shibuya K. Forecasting disability-adjusted life years for chronic diseases: reference and alternative scenarios of salt intake for 2017-2040 in Japan. BMC Public Health. 2020; 20(1): 1475.
GBD 2019 Demographics Collaborators (including Nomura S). Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950-2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. 2020; 396(10258): 1160-203.
GBD 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators (including Nomura S). Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. 2020; 396(10258): 1223-49.
GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators (including Nomura S). Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. 2020; 396(10258): 1204-22.
Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Nomura S, Kubota A, Yoneoka D, Shibuya K, Ueda P. The herbivore's dilemma: Trends in and factors associated with heterosexual relationship status and interest in romantic relationships among young adults in Japan-Analysis of national surveys, 1987-2015. PLoS One. 2020; 15(11): e0241571.
Nakamura H, Amimo F, Yi S, Tuot S, Yoshida T, Tobe M, Nomura S. Implementing a sustainable health insurance system in Cambodia: a study protocol for developing and validating an efficient household income-level assessment model for equitable premium collection. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2020; 19(1): 17.
Rauniyar SK, Rahman MM, Rahman MS, Abe SK, Nomura S, Shibuya K. Inequalities and risk factors analysis in prevalence and management of hypertension in India and Nepal: a national and subnational study. BMC Public Health. 2020; 20(1): 1341.
Nomura S (co-first), Yoneoka D, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Shi S, Eguchi A, Ejima K, Taniguchi T, Sakamoto H, Kunishima H, Gilmour S, Nishiura H, Miyata H. Large-scale epidemiological monitoring of the COVID-19 epidemic in Tokyo. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2020; 3: 100016.
Nomura S, Yoneoka D, Tanaka S, Makuuchi R, Sakamoto H, Ishizuka A, Nakamura H, Kubota A, Shibuya K. Limited alignment of publicly competitive disease funding with disease burden in Japan. PLoS One. 2020; 15(2): e0228542.
Nomura S, Murakami M, Naito W, Yasutaka T, Sawano T, Tsubokura M. Low dose of external exposure among returnees to former evacuation areas: a cross-sectional all-municipality joint study following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident. Journal of Radiological Protection. 2020; 40(1): 1-18.
GBD 2019 Universal Health Coverage Collaborators (including Nomura S). Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. 2020; 396(10258): 1250-84.
Nomura S (co-first), Tanoue Y, Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Shi S, Harada N, Miyata H. Mental health of family, friends, and co-workers of COVID-19 patients in Japan. Psychiatry Research. 2020; 291: 113067.
Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Ishizuka A, Katsuma Y, Akashi H, Miyata H. Ongoing debate on data governance principles for achieving Universal Health Coverage: a proposal to post-G20 Osaka Summit meetings. Global Health Action. 2020; 13(1): 1859822.
Islam MR, Rahman MS, Rahman MM, Nomura S, de Silva A, Lanerolle P, Jung J, Rahman MM. Reducing childhood malnutrition in Bangladesh: the importance of addressing socio-economic inequalities. Public Health Nutrition. 2020; 23(1): 72-82.
Nomura S, Yoneoka D, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Shi S, Eguchi A, Miyata H. Time to reconsider diverse ways of working in Japan to promote social distancing measures against the COVID-19. Journal of Urban Health. 2020; 97(4): 457-60.
Rauniyar SK, Munkhbat E, Ueda P, Yoneoka D, Shibuya K, Nomura S. Timeliness of routine vaccination among children and determinants associated with age-appropriate vaccination in Mongolia. Heliyon. 2020; 6(9): e04898.
Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Sugai MK, Nakamura H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Lee S, Ishizuka A, Shibuya K. Tracking Japan's development assistance for health, 2012-2016. Globalization and Health. 2020; 16(1): 32.
Takebayashi Y, Murakami M, Nomura S, Oikawa T, Tsubokura M. The trajectories of local food avoidance after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster: A five-year prospective cohort study. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2020; 46: 101513.
Shi S, Tanaka S, Ueno R, Gilmour S, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Nomura S, Eguchi A, Miyata H, Yoneoka D. Travel restrictions and SARS-CoV-2 transmission: an effective distance approach to estimate impact. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2020; 98(8): 518-29.
Nomura S (co-first), Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Shi S, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Matsuura K, Makiyama K, Ejima K, Gilmour S, Nishiura H, Miyata H. Trend change of the transmission route of COVID-19-related symptoms in Japan. Public Health. 2020; 187: 157-60.
Yoonhee Kim, J. Venkata Ratnam, Takeshi Doi, Yushi Morioka, Swadhin Behera, Ataru Tsuzuki, Noboru
Minakawa, Neville Sweijd, Philip Kruger, Rajendra Maharaj, Chisato Imai, Chris Fook Sheng Ng,
Yeonseung Chung. Malaria predictions based on seasonal climate forecasts in South Africa: A time series distributed lag nonlinear model. Scientific Reports. 2019; 9(1):17882.
Yoonhee Kim, Ho Kim, Antonio Gasparrini, Ben Armstrong, Yasushi Honda, Yeonseung Chung, Chris Fook
Sheng Ng, Aurelio Tobias, Carmen Íñiguez, Eric Lavigne, Francesco Sera, Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera, Martina
S. Ragettli, Noah Scovronick, Fiorella Acquaotta, Bing-Yu Chen, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Xerxes Seposo, Tran
Ngoc Dang, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva, Anna
Kosheleva, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Michelle L. Bell, Masahiro Hashizume. Suicide and Ambient Temperature: A Multi-City Multi-Country Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2019; 127(11): 117007.
Naohiko Matsushita, Yoonhee Kim, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masao Moriyama, Tamotsu Igarashi, Kazuhida Yamamoto, Wellington Otieno, Noboru Minakawa, Masahiro Hashizume. Differences of rainfall-malaria associations in lowland and highland in Western Kenya. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(19): 3693.
Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Obase, Masataka Doi, Kei Tamura, Shinya Tomari, Tetsuya Kawano, Chizu Fukushima, Hiroto Matsuse, Yeonseung Chung, Yoonhee Kim, Kenichi Kunimitsu, Shigeru Kohno, Hiroshi Mukae. Associations of chemical composition and sources of PM2.5 with lung function of severe asthmatic adults in a low concentration environment in Nagasaki, Japan. Environmental Pollution. 2019; 252: 599-606
Saira Tasmin, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Andrew Stickley, Md Nasiruddin, Golam Saroar, Shinya Yasumoto, Chiho Watanabe. Effects of short-term exposure to ambient particulate matter on the lung function of school children in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Epidemiology. 2019; 30 Suppl 1: S15-S23.
Roksana Khan, Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masahiro Umezaki, Ayesha Ferdosi Kabir, Saira Tasmin, Chiho Watanabe. Association between short-term exposure to fine particulate matter and daily emergency room visits at a cardiovascular hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Science of the Total Environment. 2019; 646: 1030-1036.
Andrew Stickley, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Chiho Watanabe, Yosuke Inoue, Ai Koyanagi, Shoko Konishi. General thoughts of death and mortality: findings from the Komo-Ise cohort, Japan. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 2018; 28(6): 662-669.
Yeonseung Chung, Daewon Yang, Antonio Gasparrini, Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yoonhee Kim, Yasushi Honda, Masahiro Hashizume. Changing susceptibility to non-optimum temperatures in Japan, 1972-2012: the role of climate, demographic and socio-economic factors. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2018; 126(5): 057002.
Naohiko Matsushita, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yoonhee Kim, Motoi Suzuki, Nobuo Saito, Koya Ariyoshi, Eumelia P. Salva, Efren M. Dimaano, Jose B. Villarama, Winston S. Go, Masahiro Hashizume. The non-linear and lagged short-term relationship between rainfall and leptospirosis and the intermediate role of floods in the Philippines. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2018; 12(4): e0006331.
Chua PLC, Dorotan MC, Sigua JA, Estanislao RD, Hashizume M, Salazar MA. Scoping review of climate change and health research in the Philippines: A complementary tool in research agenda-setting. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(14): 2624. doi:10.3390/ijerph16142624.
Lam HY, Rivera AS, Chua PLC, Lopez JF, Cheng KG, Palasi WA. Cost of hospitalization of different types of schistosomiasis cases in endemic areas in the Philippines: indicating the need to increase the coverage of government health insurance. Acta Medica Philippina. 2018; 52(2):140-146. doi:10.47895/amp.v52i2.421.
Belizario VY Jr, Totañes FG, Chua PLC. Preventive chemotherapy. In: Belizario VY Jr, de Leon WU, eds. Medical Parasitology in the Philippines. Quezon City, Philippines: University of the Philippines Press. 2015. 410-417.
Belizario VY Jr, Erfe JM, Naig JA, Chua PLC. Evidence of increasing risk of schistosomiasis among school-age children in the municipality of Calatrava, Province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2015;8(5):373-377. doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60346-1.
Belizario VY Jr, Marfori RM, Chua PLC, Naig JA, Erfe JM. School-based combined mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminthiases and schistosomiasis among school-age children: lessons from two co-endemic areas in the Philippines. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease. 2015;5(5):358-362. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2222-1808(14)60797-0.
Belizario VY Jr, Liwanag HC, Naig JA, Chua PLC, Madamba MI, Dahildahil RO. Parasitological and nutritional status of school-age and preschool-age children in four villages in Southern Leyte, Philippines: Lessons for monitoring the outcome of Community-Led Total Sanitation. Acta Tropica. 2014;141PA:16-24. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.09.008.
Belizario VY Jr, Chua PLC, Liwanag HC, Naig JA, Erfe JM. Soil-transmitted helminthiases in secondary school students in selected sites in two provinces in the Philippines: policy implications. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 2014;60(4):303-307. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmu018.
Sanza M, Totañes FG, Chua PLC, Belizario VY Jr.
Monitoring the impact of a mebendazole mass drug administration initiative for soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) control in the Western Visayas Region of the Philippines from 2007 through 2011. Acta Tropica. 2013;127(2):112-117. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.03.017.
Erfe JM, Belizario VY Jr., Chua PLC, Naig JR. Validating the WHO dose pole in the Philippines for school-based mass drug administration of praziquantel for morbidity control of schistosomiasis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2013;107(10):615-619. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trt076.
Yoonhee Kim, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yeonseung Chung, Ho Kim, Yasushi Honda, Yue Leon Guo, Youn-Hee Lim, Bing-Yu Chen, Lisa A. Page, Masahiro Hashizume. Air pollution and suicide in 10 cities in Northeast Asia: a time-stratified case-crossover analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2018; 126(3): 037002. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP2223.
Shoko Konishi, Soyoko Sakata, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Chiho Watanabe. Conception delay and spontaneous and indicated preterm birth among primiparous women in Japan. Journal of Health and Human Ecology. 2018; 84(4): 117-128. https://doi.org/10.3861/kenko.84.4_117.
Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Chiho Watanabe. U-shaped association between fertility and mortality in a community-based sample of Japanese women. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2018; 72: 337-341. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-209809.
Soyoko Sakata, Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Chiho Watanabe. Preterm birth rates in Japan from 1979 to 2014: analysis of national vital statistics. The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research. 2018; 44(3): 390-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/jog.13460.
Yoonhee Kim, Antonio Gasparrini, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Ben Armstrong. Heat-related mortality in Japan after the 2011 Fukushima disaster: an analysis of potential influence of reduced electricity consumption. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2017; 125(7). https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP493.
Soyoko Sakata, Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Reiko Kishikawa, Chiho Watanabe. Association of Asian Dust with daily medical consultations for pollinosis in Fukuoka City, Japan. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 2017; 22, 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12199-017-0623-x.
Andrew Stickley, Chris Fook Sheng Ng *, Shoko Konishi, Ai Konayagi, Chiho Watanabe. Airborne pollen and suicide mortality in Tokyo, 2001-2011. Environmental Research. 2017; 155: 134–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.02.008.
Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Melanie Boeckmann, Kayo Ueda, Hajo Zeeb, Hiroshi Nitta, Chiho Watanabe, Yasushi Honda. Heat-related mortality: effect modification and adaptation in Japan from 1972 to 2010. Global Environmental Change. 2016; 39: 234–243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.05.006.
Daisuke Goto, Kayo Ueda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Akinori Takami, Toshinori Ariga, Keisuke Matsuhashi, Teruyuki Nakajima. Estimation of excess mortality due to long-term exposure to PM2.5 in Japan using a high-resolution model for present and future scenarios. Atmospheric Environment. 2016; 140: 320–332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.015.
Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Andrew Stickley, Shoko Konishi, Chiho Watanabe. Ambient air pollution and suicide in Tokyo, 2001-2011. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2016; 201: 194–202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.05.006.
Toki Fillman, Hana Shimuzu-Furusawa, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Rajendra Prasad Parajuli, Chiho Watanabe. Association of Cadmium and Arsenic Exposure with Salivary Telomere Length in Adolescents in Terai, Nepal. Environmental Research. 2016; 149: 8–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2016.04.037
Andrew Stickley, Chris Fook Sheng Ng *, Yosuke Inoue, Aki Yazawa, Ai Koyanagi, Manami Kodaka, Jordan E. DeVylder, Chiho Watanabe. Birthdays are associated with an increased risk of suicide in Japan: evidence from 27,007 deaths in Tokyo in 2001- 2010. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2016; 200: 259–265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.04.028.
Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Andrew Stickley, Chiho Watanabe. Pollinosis and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and elderly Japanese: a population-based cohort study. Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 2016; 46, 1083–1089. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.12638
Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yutaka Matsuyama, Yasuo Ohashi. Case-only method to estimate the relative incidence of adverse events for comparison of two treatments: application in disseminated intravascular coagulation patients. Japanese Journal of Biometrics 2015. 2015; 36(1): 13–24. https://doi.org/10.5691/jjb.36.13
Daisuke Goto, Tie Dai, Masaki Satoh, Hirofumi Tomita, Junya Uchida, Shoto Misawa, Toshiro Inoue, Haruo Tsuruta, Kayo Ueda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Akinori Takami, Nobuo Sugimoto, Atsushi Shimizu, Toshimasa Ohara, Teruyuki Nakajima. Application of a global nonhydrostatic model with a stretched-grid system to regional aerosol simulations around Japan. Geoscientific Model Development 2015. 2015; 8: 235–259. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-235-2015.
Chisa Shinsugi, Andrew Stickley, Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Chiho Watanabe. Seasonality of child and adolescent injury mortality in Japan, 2000-2010. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014. 2014; 20(1): 36–43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12199-014-0421-7.
Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Andrew Stickley, Shinichi Nishihata, Chisa Shinsugi, Kayo Ueda, Akinori Takami, Chiho Watanabe. Particulate matter modifies the association between airborne pollen and daily medical consultations for pollinosis in Tokyo. Science of the Total Environment. 2014; 499: 125–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.045
Kim Y, Kim H, Gasparrini A, Armstrong B, Honda Y, Chung Y, Ng CFS, Tobias A, Iniguez C, Lavigne E, Sera F, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Ragettli MS, Scovronick N, Acquaotta F, Chen BY, Guo YLL, Seposo X, Dang TN, Coelho MSZS, Saldiva PHN, Kosheleva A, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Bell ML, Hashizume M. Suicide and ambient temperature: a multi-country multi-city study. Environ Health Perspect. 2019;127(11):117007. doi:10.1289/EHP4898
Kim Y, Ratnam JV, Doi T, Morioka Y, Behera S, Tsuzuki A, Minakawa N, Sweijd N, Kruger P, Maharaj R, Imai CC, Ng CFN, Chung Y, Hashizume M. Malaria predictions based on seasonal climate forecasts in South Africa: A time series distributed lag nonlinear model. Scientific Reports. 2019;9(1):17882. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53838-3.
Onozuka D, Gasparrini A, Sera F, Hashizume M, Honda Y. Modeling future projections of temperature-related excess morbidity due to infectious gastroenteritis under climate change conditions in Japan. Environ Health Perspect. 2019;127(7):77006. doi: 10.1289/EHP4731.
Ng CFS, Hashizume M, Obase Y, Doi M, Tamura K, Tomari S, Kawano T, Fukushima C, Matsuse H, Chung Y, Kim Y, Kunimitsu K, Kohno S, Mukae H. Associations of chemical composition and sources of PM2.5 with lung function of severe asthmatic adults in a low air pollution environment of urban Nagasaki, Japan. Environ Pollut. 2019;252(Pt A):599-606. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.05.117.
Chung Y, Yang DW, Gasparrini A, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Ng CFS, Kim Y, Honda Y, Hashizume M. Changing susceptibility to non-optimum temperatures in Japan, 1972-2012: the role of climate, demographic and socio-economic factors. Environ Health Perspect. 2018 DOI:10.1289/EHP2546.
Matsushita N, Ng CFS, Kim Y, Suzuki M, Saito N, Ariyoshi K, Salva EP, Dimaano EM, Villarama JB, Go WS, Hashizume M. The non-linear and lagged short-term relationship between rainfall and leptospirosis and the intermediate role of floods in the Philippines. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018;12(4)
Kim Y, Ng CFS, Chung Y, Kim H, Honda Y, Guo YL, Lim YH, Chen BY, Page LA, Hashizume M. Air pollution and suicide in 10 cities in northeast Asia: A time-stratified case-crossover analysis. Environ Health Perspect. 2018;126(3):037002. doi: 10.1289/EHP2223.
Kim Y, Gasparrini A, Hashizume M*, Honda Y, Ng CFS, Armstrong B. Heat-related mortality in Japan after the 2011 Fukushima disaster: An analysis of potential influence of reduced electricity consumption. Environ Health Perspect. 2017;125(7):077005. doi: 10.1289/EHP493.
Nakamura T, Hashizume M, Ueda K, Shimizu A, Takeuchi A, Kubo T, Hashimoto K, Moriuchi H, Odajima H, Kitajima T, Tashiro K, Tomimasu K, Nishiwaki Y. Asian dust and pediatric emergency visits due to bronchial asthma and respiratory diseases in Nagasaki, Japan. J Epidemiol. 2016;26(11):593-601.
Imai C, Armstrong B, Chalabi Z, Mangtani P, Hashizume M. Time series regression model for infectious disease and weather. Environ Res. 2015;142:319-327.
Gasparrini A, Guo Y, Hashizume M, Lavigne E, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Tobias A, Tong S, Rocklov J, Forsberg B, Leone M, De Sario M, Bell ML, Guo YLL, Wu CF, Kan H, Yi SM, de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho M, Saldiva PH, Honda Y, Kim H, Armstrong B. Mortality risk attributable to high and low ambient temperature: a multi-country study. The Lancet. 2015;386(9991):369-375
Gasparrini A, Guo Y, Hashizume M, Kinney PL, Petkova EP, Lavigne E, Zanobetti A, Schwartz JD, Tobias A, Leone M, Tong S, Honda Y, Kim H, Armstrong BG. Temporal variation in heat-mortality associations: a multicountry study. Environ Health Perspect. 2015;123:1200-1207.
Takahashi N, Nakao R, Ueda K, Ono M, Kondo M, Honda Y, Hashizume M. Community trial on heat related-illness prevention behaviors and knowledge for the elderly. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2015;12(3):3188-3214.
Imai C, Hashizume M. A Systematic review on methodology: time series regression analysis for environmental factors and infectious diseases. Trop Med Health. 2015;43(1):1-9.
Hashizume M, Chaves LF, Minakawa N. Indian Ocean Dipole drives malaria resurgence in East African highlands. Scientific Reports. 2012:2;269 doi:10.1038/srep00269.
Hashizume M, Faruque ASG, Terao T, Yunus M, Streatfield K, Yamamoto T, Moji K. The Indian Ocean Dipole and cholera incidence in Bangladesh: A time series analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2011;119:239-244.
Hashizume M, Faruque ASG, Wagatsuma Y, Hayashi T, Armstrong B. Cholera in Bangladesh: Climatic components of seasonal variation. Epidemiology. 21:706-710, 2010.
Hashizume M, Terao T, Minakawa N. The Indian Ocean Dipole and malaria risk in the highlands of western Kenya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009;106:1857-62.
Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Kayo Ueda, Ayano Takeuchi, Hiroshi Nitta, Shoko Konishi, Rinako Bagrowicz, Chiho
Watanabe, Akinori Takami. Socio-geographic variation in the effects of heat and cold on daily mortality in Japan. Journal of Epidemiology. 2014; 24(1): 15–24.
Hashizume M, Wagatsuma Y, Hayashi T, Saha SK, Streatfield K, Yunus M. The effect of temperature on mortality in rural Bangladesh: a population based time-series study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2009;38(6):1689-1697.
Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Kayo Ueda, Masaji Ono, Hiroshi Nitta, Akinori Takami. Characterizing the effect of summer temperature on heat-stroke-related emergency ambulance dispatches in the Kanto area of Japan. International Journal of Biometeorology. 2014; 58(5): 941–948.
Hashizume M, Armstrong B, Wagatsuma Y, Faruque ASG, Hayashi T, Sack DA. Rotavirus infections and climate variability in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a time-series analysis. Epidemiology and Infection. 2008;136:1281-9.
Hashizume M, Wagatsuma Y, Faruque ASG, Hayashi T, Paul R. Hunter, Armstrong B, Sack DA. Factors determining vulnerability to diarrhoea during and after severe floods in Bangladesh. Journal of Water and Health. 2008;6:323-32.
Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Kayo Ueda, Hiroshi Nitta, Ayano Takeuchi. Seasonal variation in the acute effects of ozone on premature mortality among elderly Japanese. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2013; 185(10): 8767–76.
Hashizume M, Armstrong B, Hajat S, Wagatsuma Y, Faruque ASG, Hayashi T, Sack DA. The effect of rainfall on the incidence of cholera in Bangladesh. Epidemiology. 2008;19:103-10.
Kayo Ueda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Hiroshi Nitta. The health effects of photochemical oxidant: results of 20 cities study and overseas findings. Journal of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment. 2012; 47(1): A9–A11.
Hashizume M, Armstrong B, Hajat S, Wagatsuma Y, Faruque ASG, Hayashi T, Sack DA. Association between climate variability and hospital visits for non-cholera diarrhoea in Bangladesh: effects and vulnerable groups. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2007;36:1030-7.
Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Lucy Chai See Lum, Noor Azina Ismail, Lian Huat Tan, Christina Phoay Lay Tan. Clinicians’ diagnostic practice of dengue infections. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2007.
Sugimoto A, Krull S, Nomura S, Morita T, Tsubokura M. The voice of the most vulnerable: lessons from the nuclear crisis in Fukushima, Japan. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2012; 90(8): 629-30.
Tsubokura M, Kato S, Nihei M, Sakuma Y, Furutani T, Uehara K, Sugimoto A, Nomura S, Hayano R, Kami M, Watanobe H, Endo Y. Limited internal radiation exposure associated with resettlements to a radiation-contaminated homeland after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. PLoS One. 2013; 8(12): e81909.
Tsubokura M, Nihei M, Sato K, Masaki S, Sakuma Y, Kato S, Sugimoto A, Nomura S, Matsumura T, Miyazaki M, Hayano R, Shibuya K, Kami M, Sasaki T. Measurement of internal radiation exposure among decontamination workers in villages near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Health Physics. 2013; 105(4): 379-81.
Nomura S, Gilmour S, Tsubokura M, Yoneoka D, Sugimoto A, Oikawa T, Kami M, Shibuya K. Mortality risk amongst nursing home residents evacuated after the Fukushima nuclear accident: a retrospective cohort study. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3): e60192.
Sugimoto A, Nomura S, Tsubokura M, Matsumura T, Muto K, Sato M, Gilmour S. The relationship between media consumption and health-related anxieties after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. PLoS One. 2013; 8(8): e65331.
Yoneoka D, Hisashige A, Ota E, Miyamoto K, Nomura S, Segawa M, Gilmour S, Shibuya K. Are Japanese randomized controlled trials up to the task? A systematic review. PLoS One. 2014; 9(3): e90127.
Sugimoto A, Gilmour S, Tsubokura M, Nomura S, Kami M, Oikawa T, Kanazawa Y, Shibuya K. Assessment of the risk of medium-term internal contamination in Minamisoma City, Fukushima, Japan, after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2014; 122(6): 587-93.
Tsubokura M, Nomura S, Ishii T, Kami M, Kato S. Detection of 131I in a patient with thyroid cancer by internal radiation exposure screening using a whole-body counter in Fukushima. Clinical Nuclear Medicine . 2014; 39(3): 281-2.
Tsubokura M, Hara K, Matsumura T, Sugimoto A, Nomura S, Hinata M, Shibuya K, Kami M. The immediate physical and mental health crisis in residents proximal to the evacuation zone after Japan's nuclear disaster: an observational pilot study. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2014; 8(1): 30-6.
Tsubokura M, Kato S, Nomura S, Gilmour S, Nihei M, Sakuma Y, Oikawa T, Kanazawa Y, Kami M, Hayano R. Reduction of high levels of internal radio-contamination by dietary intervention in residents of areas affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster: a case series. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3): e60192.
Hayano RS, Watanabe YN, Nomura S, Nemoto T, Tsubokura M, Hanai T, Kumemoto Y, Kowata S, Oikawa T, Kanazawa Y. Whole-body counter survey results 4 months after the Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP accident in Minamisoma City, Fukushima. Journal of Radiological Protection. 2014; 34(4): 787-99.
Tsubokura M, Kato S, Nomura S, Morita T, Sugimoto A, Gilmour S, Kami M, Oikawa T, Kanazawa Y. Absence of internal radiation contamination by radioactive cesium among children affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. Health Physics. 2015; 108(1): 39-43.
Tsubokura M, Kato S, Morita T, Nomura S, Kami M, Sakaihara K, Hanai T, Oikawa T, Kanazawa Y. Assessment of the annual additional effective doses amongst Minamisoma Children during the second year after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Disaster. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3): e60192.
Nomura S, Hisashige A, Yoneoka D, Kanda M, Miyamoto K, Segawa M, Ota E, Shibuya K. An assessment of the characteristics and quality of diagnostic accuracy studies for positron emission tomography conducted in Japan: a systematic review. EJNMMI Research. 2015; 5: 6.
Nomura S, Tsubokura M, Hayano R, Furutani T, Yoneoka D, Kami M, Kanazawa Y, Oikawa T. Comparison between direct measurements and modeled estimates of external radiation exposure among school children 18 to 30 months after the Fukushima nuclear accident. in Japan. Environmental Science & Technology. 2015; 49(2): 1009-16.
Nomura S, Tsubokura M, Hayano R, Yoneoka D, Ozaki A, Shimada Y, Furutani T, Kanazawa Y, Oikawa T. Compliance with the proper use of an individual radiation dosimeter among children and the effects of improper use on the measured dose: a retrospective study 18-20 months. following Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear incident. BMJ Open. 2015; 5(12): e009555.
Gilmour S, Sugimoto A, Nomura S, Oikawa T. Long-term changes in stroke-related hospital admissions after the Fukushima triple disaster. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2015; 63(11): 2425-6.
Nishikawa Y, Fukuda Y, Tsubokura M, Kato S, Nomura S, Saito Y. Managing type 2 diabetes mellitus through periodical hospital visits in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster: a retrospective case series. PLoS One. 2015; 10(5): e0125632.
Murakami M, Ono K, Tsubokura M, Nomura S, Oikawa T, Oka T, Kami M, Oki T. Was the risk from nursing-home evacuation after the Fukushima accident higher than the radiation risk? PLoS One. 2013; 8(8): e65331.
Shimmura H, Tsubokura M, Kato S, Akiyama J, Nomura S, Mori J, Tanimoto T, Abe K, Sakai S, Kawaguchi H, Tokiwa M. Whole body counter assessment of internal radiocontamination in patients with end-stage renal disease living in areas affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster: a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open. 2015; 5(12): e009745.
Tsubokura M, Nomura S, Watanobe H, Nishikawa Y, Suzuki C, Ochi S, Leppold C, Kinoshita H, Kato S, Saito Y. Assessment of nutritional status of iodine through urinary iodine screening among local children and adolescents after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident. Thyroid. 2016; 26(12): 1778-85.
Nomura S, Tsubokura M, Furutani T, Hayano RS, Kami M, Kanazawa Y, Oikawa T. Dependence of radiation dose on the behavioral patterns among school children: a retrospective analysis 18 to 20 months following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear incident in Japan. Journal of Radiation Research. 2016; 57(1): 1-8.
Tsubokura M, Nomura S, Sakaihara K, Kato S, Leppold C, Furutani T, Morita T, Oikawa T, Kanazawa Y. Estimated association between dwelling soil contamination and internal radiation contamination levels after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan. BMJ Open. 2016; 6(6): e010970.
Nomura S, Tsubokura M, Gilmour S, Hayano RS, Watanabe YN, Kami M, Kanazawa Y, Oikawa T. An evaluation of early countermeasures to reduce the risk of internal radiation exposure after the Fukushima nuclear incident in Japan. Health Policy and Planning. 2016; 31(4): 425-33.
Nishikawa Y, Higuchi H, Kikuchi O, Ezoe Y, Aoyama I, Yamada A, Kanki M, Nomura S, Nomura M, Horimatsu T, Muto M. Factors affecting dilation force in balloon dilation of severe esophageal strictures: an experiment using an artificial stricture model. Surgical Endoscopy. 2016; 30(10): 4315-20.
Morita T, Tsubokura M, Furutani T, Nomura S, Ochi S, Leppold C, Takahara K, Shimada Y, Fujioka S, Kami M, Kato S, Oikawa T. Impacts of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident on emergency medical service times in Soma District, Japan: a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open. 2016; 6(9): e013205.
Ishii T, Tsubokura M, Ochi S, Kato S, Sugimoto A, Nomura S, Nishikawa Y, Kami M, Shibuya K, Saito Y, Iwamoto Y, Tachiya H. Living in contaminated radioactive areas Is not an acute risk factor for noncommunicable disease development: a retrospective observational study. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2016; 10(1): 34-7.
Sawano T, Tsubokura M, Ozaki A, Leppold C, Nomura S, Shimada Y, Ochi S, Tsukada M, Nemoto T, Kato S, Kanazawa Y, Ohira H. Non-communicable diseases in decontamination workers in areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open. 2016; 6(12): e013885.
Nomura S, Blangiardo M, Tsubokura M, Nishikawa Y, Gilmour S, Kami M, Hodgson S. Post-nuclear disaster evacuation and survival amongst elderly people in Fukushima: A comparative analysis between evacuees and non-evacuees. Preventive Medicine. 2016; 82: 77-82.
Nomura S, Blangiardo M, Tsubokura M, Ozaki A, Morita T, Hodgson S. Postnuclear disaster evacuation and chronic health in adults in Fukushima, Japan: a long-term retrospective analysis. BMJ Open. 2016; 6(2): e010080.
Shibuya K, Nomura S, Okayasu H, Ezoe S, Hara S, Hara Y, Izutsu T, Kato T, Mabuchi S, Maeda Y, Murakami Y, Nishimoto H, Ono T, Shioda K, Sorita A, Sugimoto A, Tase K, Watabe A, Smith A, Abe SK, Gilmour S, Gostin LO, Yamey G, Schaeferhoff M, Suzuki EM, Kraus J, Oshio T, Hayashi R, Kondo N, Shiba K, Yasunaga H, Sasabuchi Y, Takasaki Y, Akahane N, Kasahara S, Machida M, Maruyama S, Okada S, Tanimura T, Sugishita T, Takizawa I, Ozawa M, Yoneyama Y, Akashi H, Miyoshi C, Murakami H, Kumakawa T, Horii S, Taneda K, Shiroyama H, Katsuma Y, Matsuo M, Kanamori S, Sato C, Yasuda K, Kemp J, Slingsby BT, Katsuno K, Tamamura B, Takemi K, Hashimoto H, Reich MR. Protecting human security: proposals for the G7 Ise-Shima Summit in Japan. The Lancet. 2016; 387(10033): 2155-62.
Nomura S, Blangiardo M, Tsubokura M, Ochi S, Hodgson S. School restrictions on outdoor activities and weight status in adolescent children after Japan's 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster: a mid-term to long-term retrospective analysis. BMJ Open. 2016; 6(9): e013145.
Nomura S, Parsons AJQ, Hirabayashi M, Kinoshita R, Liao Y, Hodgson S. Social determinants of mid- to long-term disaster impacts on health: A systematic review. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2016; 16: 53-67.
Leppold C, Tsubokura M, Ozaki A, Nomura S, Shimada Y, Morita T, Ochi S, Tanimoto T, Kami M, Kanazawa Y, Oikawa T, Hill S. Sociodemographic patterning of long-term diabetes mellitus control following Japan's 3.11 triple disaster: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2016; 6(7): e011455.
Murakami M, Tsubokura M, Ono K, Nomura S, Oikawa T. Additional risk of diabetes exceeds the increased risk of cancer caused by radiation exposure after the Fukushima disaster. PLoS One. 2017; 12(9): e0185259.
Shichijo S, Nomura S, Aoyama K, Nishikawa Y, Miura M, Shinagawa T, Takiyama H, Tanimoto T, Ishihara S, Matsuo K, Tada T. Application of Convolutional Neural Networks in the Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection Based on Endoscopic Images. EBioMedicine. 2017; 25: 106-11.
Toda H, Nomura S, Gilmour S, Tsubokura M, Oikawa T, Lee K, Kiyabu GY, Shibuya K. Assessment of medium-term cardiovascular disease risk after Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident: a retrospective analysis. BMJ Open. 2017; 7(12): e018502.
Leppold C, Nomura S, Sawano T, Ozaki A, Tsubokura M, Hill S, Kanazawa Y, Anbe H. Birth outcomes after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Disaster: a long-term retrospective study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14(5).
Ozaki A, Nomura S, Leppold C, Tsubokura M, Tanimoto T, Yokota T, Saji S, Sawano T, Tsukada M, Morita T, Ochi S, Kato S, Kami M, Nemoto T, Kanazawa Y, Ohira H. Breast cancer patient delay in Fukushima, Japan following the 2011 triple disaster: a long-term retrospective study. BMC Cancer. 2017; 17(1): 423.
Ozaki A, Yokota T, Nomura S, Tsubokura M, Leppold C, Tanimoto T, Miura T, Yamamoto K, Sawano T, Tsukada M, Kami M, Kanazawa Y, Ohira H. Decontamination work and the long-term increase in hospital visits for hymenoptera stings following the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2017; 11(5): 545-51.
Tokiwa S, Shimmura H, Nomura S, Watanabe R, Kurita M, Yoshida N, Yamashita K, Nishikawa Y, Kouzmenko A, Kato S. Degarelix treatment is compatible with diabetes and antithrombotic therapy in patients with prostate cancer. Research and Reports in Urology. 2017; 9: 225-32.
Morita T, Nomura S, Tsubokura M, Leppold C, Gilmour S, Ochi S, Ozaki A, Shimada Y, Yamamoto K, Inoue M, Kato S, Shibuya K, Kami M. Excess mortality due to indirect health effects of the 2011 triple disaster in Fukushima, Japan: a retrospective observational study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2017; 71(10): 974-80.
Tsubokura M, Murakami M, Nomura S, Morita T, Nishikawa Y, Leppold C, Kato S, Kami M. Individual external doses below the lowest reference level of 1 mSv per year five years after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident among all children in Soma City, Fukushima: A retrospective observational study. PLoS One. 2017; 12(2): e0172305.
Nomura S, Tsubokura M, Ozaki A, Murakami M, Hodgson S, Blangiardo M, Nishikawa Y, Morita T, Oikawa T. Towards a long-term strategy for voluntary-based internal radiation contamination monitoring: a population-level analysis of monitoring prevalence and factors associated with monitoring participation behavior in Fukushima, Japan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14(4).
Nomura S, Tsubokura M, Murakami M, Ono K, Nishikawa Y, Oikawa T. Towards a long-term strategy for voluntary-based internal radiation contamination monitoring: representativeness of the monitoring results in Fukushima, Japan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14(6).
Takiyama H, Ozawa T, Ishihara S, Fujishiro M, Shichijo S, Nomura S, Miura M, Tada T. Automatic anatomical classification of esophagogastroduodenoscopy images using deep convolutional neural networks. Scientific Reports. 2018; 8(1): 7497.
Nomura S (co-first), Shimada Y, Ozaki A, Higuchi A, Hori A, Sonoda Y, Yamamoto K, Yoshida I, Tsubokura M. Balancing the risk of the evacuation and sheltering-in-place options: a survival study following Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear incident. BMJ Open. 2018; 8(7): e021482.
Yamamoto K, Ozaki A, Nomura S, Senoo Y, Yoshida I, Maeda Y, Ohnishi M, Tanimoto T, Kami M. Bibliometric study of obstetrics articles published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 1997-2016. Cureus. 2018; 10(10): e3448.
Murakami M, Nomura S, Tsubokura M. Call for a new epidemiological approach to disaster response. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2018; 72(4): 267-8.
Haruyama R, Gilmour S, Ota E, Abe SK, Rahman MM, Nomura S, Miyasaka N, Shibuya K. Causes and risk factors for singleton stillbirth in Japan: analysis of a nationwide perinatal database, 2013-2014. Scientific Reports. 2018; 8(1): 4117.
Tsubokura M, Nomura S, Yoshida I, Sawano T, Miyazaki M, Tomita S, Tomoyoshi O, Watanabe M. Comparison of external doses between radio-contaminated areas and areas with high natural terrestrial background using the individual dosimeter 'D-shuttle' 75 months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. Journal of Radiological Protection. 2018; 38(1): 273-85.
Morita T, Nomura S, Furutani T, Leppold C, Tsubokura M, Ozaki A, Ochi S, Kami M, Kato S, Oikawa T. Demographic transition and factors associated with remaining in place after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and related evacuation orders. PLoS One. 2018; 13(3): e0194134.
GBD 2017 Mortality Collaborators (including Nomura S). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 2018; 392(10159): 1684-735.
GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators (including Nomura S). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 2018; 392(10159): 1736-88.
GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators (including Nomura S). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 2018; 392(10159): 1923-94.
GBD 2017 DALYs and HALE Collaborators (including Nomura S). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 2018; 392(10159): 1859-922.
GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators (including Nomura S). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 2018; 392(10159): 1789-858.
Leppold C, Ochi S, Nomura S, Murray V. The Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunamis, and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Disaster: lessons for evidence integration from a WADEM 2017 presentation and panel discussion. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2018; 33(4): 424-7.
GBD 2017 Population and Fertility Collaborators (including Nomura S). Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 2018; 392(10159): 1995-2051.
Han SM, Rahman MM, Rahman MS, Swe KT, Palmer M, Sakamoto H, Nomura S, Shibuya K. Progress towards universal health coverage in Myanmar: a national and subnational assessment. The Lancet Global Health. 2018; 6(9): e989-e97.
Nomura S, Murakami M. Public health preparedness for and response to nuclear disasters: an editorial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018; 15(11).
Nishikawa Y, Tsubokura M, Takahashi Y, Nomura S, Ozaki A, Kimura Y, Morita T, Sawano T, Oikawa T, Nakayama T. Change of access to emergency care in a repopulated village after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster: a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open. 2019; 9(2): e023836.
Nomura S, Matsuzaki Y, Sato Y, Takasaki J, Sonoda Y, Shimmura H, Kodama Y. A comparative survival analysis between Evacuees and nonevacuees among dialysis patients in Fukushima Prefecture after Japan's 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Incident. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2019; 13(5-6): 898-904.
Nomura S (co-first), Yoneoka D, Kurotani K, Tanaka S, Nakamura K, Uneyama H, Hayashi N, Shibuya K. Does Japan's national nutrient-based dietary guideline improve lifestyle-related disease outcomes? A retrospective observational cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2019; 14(10): e0224042.
Tsubokura M, Murakami M, Takebayashi Y, Nomura S, Ono K, Ozaki A, Sawano T, Kobashi Y, Oikawa T. Impact of decontamination on individual radiation doses from external exposure among residents of Minamisoma City after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident in Japan: a retrospective observational study. Journal of Radiological Protection. 2019; 39(3): 854-71.
Yamamoto K, Nomura S, Tsubokura M, Murakami M, Ozaki A, Leppold C, Sawano T, Takita M, Kato S, Kanazawa Y, Anbe H. Internal exposure risk due to radiocesium and the consuming behaviour of local foodstuffs among pregnant women in Minamisoma City near the Fukushima nuclear power plant: a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open. 2019; 9(7): e023654.
Uprety A, Ozaki A, Higuchi A, Ghimire B, Sawano T, Tsuda K, Nomura S, Leppold C, Tsubokura M, Tanimoto T, Singh YP. Long-term trends of hospital admissions among patients with cancer following the 2015 earthquake: a single institution observational study in Kathmandu, Nepal. BMJ Open. 2019; 9(6): e026746.
Nomura S, Oikawa T, Tsubokura M. Low dose from external radiation among returning residents to the former evacuation zone in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture. Journal of Radiological Protection. 2019; 39(2): 548-63.
Nomura S (co-first), Murakami M, Tsubokura M, Takebayashi Y, Yamamoto K, Oikawa T. Radiation doses and decontamination effects in Minamisoma city: airborne and individual monitoring after the Fukushima nuclear accident. Journal of Radiological Protection. 2019; 39(4): N27-N35.
Khaing HT, Nomura S, Yoneoka D, Ueda P, Shibuya K. Risk factors and regional variations of malnutrition among children under 5 in Myanmar: cross-sectional analyses at national and subnational levels. BMJ Open. 2019; 9(9): e030894.
Amimo F, Moon TD, Magit A, Sacarlal J, Lambert B, Nomura S. Trends in comparative efficacy and safety of malaria control interventions for maternal and child health outcomes in Africa: a study protocol for a Bayesian network meta-regression exploring the effect of HIV and malaria endemicity spectrum. BMJ Open. 2019; 9(2): e024313.
Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Yoneoka D, Nomura S, Shibuya K, Ueda P. Trends in heterosexual inexperience among young adults in Japan: analysis of national surveys, 1987-2015. BMC Public Health. 2019; 19(1): 355.
Hasegawa M, Murakami M, Nomura S, Takebayashi Y, Tsubokura M. Worsening health status among evacuees: analysis of medical expenditures after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2019; 248(2): 115-23.
