2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on risk assessment of subclinical neurobehavioral effects of environmental factors
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14570325
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Public health/Health science
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| Research Institution | Mie University (2003)
The University of Tokyo (2002) |
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Principal Investigator |
YOKOYAMA Kazuhito Mie University, Faculty of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (00158370)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2003
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| Keywords | Chemical substances / Subclinical effects / Neurobebavioral effects / Risk assessment / Risk management / Epidemiology |
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| Research Abstract |
Risk assessment is a process to avoid, reduce or manage the risk. In environmental health, risk assessment is conducted as quantification of incidence of the events which are harmful to health of target populations. Indices used for risk assessment include mortality or mortality rate, loss of life expectancy etc, which are called end-point. The present study was aimed at establishing a method for the risk assessment of subclinical neurobehavioral effects of environmental factors. For this purpose, literatures on the effects of chemicals such as lead, solvents, etc were collected and carefully reviewed. Also, dose-effect (response) relationships of various chemicals were examined through field studies among human populations. The results have been presented at scientific meetings as well as international scientific journals. By this effort, exposure limit of occupational exposure to acrylamide by Japan Society of Industrial Health has been amended.
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