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Ten years of progress in the Hokkaido birth cohort study on environment and children's health: cohort profile--updated 2013.
Environmental health and preventive medicine - 1 Nov 2013
Kishi Reiko, Kobayashi Sachiko, Ikeno Tamiko, Araki Atsuko, Miyashita Chihiro, Itoh Sachiko, Sasaki Seiko, Okada Emiko, Kobayashi Sumitaka, Kashino Ikuko, Itoh Kumiko, Nakajima Sonomi
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The Hokkaido Study on Environment and Children's Health is an ongoing cohort study that began in 2002. The study consists of two prospective birth cohorts, the Sapporo cohort (n = 514) and the Hokkaido large-scale cohort (n = 20,940). The primary goals of this study are to first examine the potential negative effects of perinatal environmental chemical exposures on birth outcomes, including congenital...
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