Objective Changes in mortality inequalities across socioeconomic groups have been a substantial public health concern worldwide. We investigated changes in absolute/relative mortality inequalities across occupations, and the contribution of differ...
Objective: To investigate changes in Japanese physician workforce participation over time, with a focus on gender differences in career patterns. Methods: Subjects were Japanese physicians who had participated in the biennial national physician su...
INTRODUCTION: The geographic maldistribution of physicians (their concentration in urban areas and shortage in rural areas) has long been an important political issue in post-war Japan. The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term transition in...
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 61 100-103 2008年5月
This study estimates the risk of viccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) in Japan between 1971 and 2000. We acquired data regarding the number of VAPP cases from the website of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and we estimated...
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 49(5) 376-381 2007年9月
The objective of this study was to assess the degree of agreement between body mass index (BMI) and weight perception of Japanese office workers between the ages of 20 and 65. We sent 43,064 self-administered health-related questionnaires to all e...