Ischemic heart disease (IHD) remains one of the most important disorders associated with disability and mortality worldwide, and is one of the major causes of cardiovascular diseases in Mongolia. The objective of the current study was to determine...
BACKGROUND: The long-term outcomes of Kawasaki disease (KD) are unknown. METHODS: Fifty-two collaborating hospitals collected data on all patients who had received a new definite diagnosis of KD between July 1982 and December 1992. Patients were f...
BACKGROUND: Although the number of patients and incidence rate of Kawasaki disease (KD) are increasing in Japan, the most recent epidemiologic features of KD are not known. METHODS: The 21st nationwide survey of KD was conducted in 2011 and includ...
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics 284(5) 1117-22 2011年11月
PURPOSE: Overweight or obesity is a known risk factor for cesarean delivery although there is minimal data among Japanese women. The aim of the study was to examine the effect of prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) on singleton cesarean delivery am...
[Nihon koshu eisei zasshi] Japanese journal of public health 57(9) 807-15 2010年9月
PURPOSE: To reveal the epidemiologic features of suicides in Tochigi Prefecture using police data, and to discuss critical points to improve suicide prevention and advantages and disadvantages of police data. METHODS: Individual data for suicides ...