Acknowledgments
We are thankful to all participants who participated in the JECS. We
also thank all the staff members of the regional centers which
participated in the JECS.
The Japan Environment and Children’s Study was funded by the Ministry of
the Environment, Japan. The findings and conclusions of this article are
solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the
official views of the Ministry of the Environment. Members of the Japan
Environment and Children’s Study as of 2020 are: Shin Yamazaki (National
Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan), Hirohisa Saito
(National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan), Reiko
Kishi (Hokkaido Regional Center for JECS, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido,
Japan), Nobuo Yaegashi (Miyagi Regional Center for JECS, Tohoku
University, Sendai, Japan), Koichi Hashimoto (Fukushima Regional Center
for JECS, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan), Chisato Mori
(Chiba Regional Center for JECS, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan),
Shuichi Ito (Kanagawa Regional Center for JECS, Yokohama City
University, Kanagawa, Japan), Zentaro Yamagata (Koshin Regional Center
for JECS, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan), Hidekuni Inadera
(Toyama Regional Center for JECS, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan),
Michihiro Kamijima (Aichi Regional Center for JECS, Nagoya City
University, Aichi, Japan), Takeo Nakayama (Kyoto Regional Center for
JECS, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan), Hiroyasu Iso (Osaka Regional
Center for JECS, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan), Masayuki Shima (Hyogo
Regional Center for JECS, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan),
Youichi Kurozawa (Tottori Regional Center for JECS, Tottori University,
Yonago, Japan), Narufumi Suganuma (Kochi Regional Center for JECS, Kochi
University, Kochi, Japan), Koichi Kusuhara (Fukuoka Regional Center for
JECS, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu,
Japan), and Takahiko Katoh (South Kyushu/Okinawa Regional Center for
JECS, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan).