2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Health effects of hazardous factors in the environment and the risk assessment
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20390180
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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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 | Akita University |
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Principal Investigator |
MURATA Katsuyuki Akita University, 大学院・医学系研究科, 教授 (80157776)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
IWATA Toyoto 秋田大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 助教 (00321894)
DAKEISHI Miwako 秋田大学, 大学院・医学系研究科, 助教 (70375236)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | リスク評価 / 健康影響 / 有害因子 / 地域保健 / 産業保健 |
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| Research Abstract |
The four studies were carried out to clarify human health effects of chronic low-level exposures to hazardous factors in the environment. (1) To assess the neuromotor impact of trichloroethylene objectively, static postural sway and hand tremor parameters, along with urinary trichloroethanol and trichloroacetic acid levels, were investigated in 57 workers without obvious neurological disorders and 60 control subjects. (2) To assess the chronic effect of organophosphorus insecticides in the environment, the urinary dialkylphosphate concentrations and outcome parameters such as cardiac autonomic nervous and neuromotor functions were examined in 339 Japanese adults who were engaged in the food distribution, apple farming and pest control operation. (3) To examine whether the critical level of lead producing adverse effects truly differs between workers and children, an overview of studies addressing the critical level of lead in workers, along with a perspective on lead toxicity in children, was provided by using available data chosen from PubMed. (4) The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recommended that the benchmark dose (BMD) approach, as an alternative to the traditionally used no-observed-adverse-effect level approach, be used as the method of choice for the determination of the reference point for deriving health-based guidance values and margins of exposure. As a result, by using the BMD approach recommended by the EFSA, human health safety may be better guaranteed because of the lower reference points for hazardous substances. However, its application to epidemiological data does not always reflect toxicological implications in light of the clinical standard.
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Research Products
(44 results)
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[Journal Article] Neurobehavioral effects of prenatal exposure to methylmercury and PCBs and seafood intake : Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale results of Tohoku Study of Child Development.2010
Author(s)
Suzuki K, Nakai K, Sugawara T, Nakamura T, Ohba T, Shimada M, Hosokawa T, Okamura K, Sakai T, Kurokawa N, Murata K, Satoh C, Satoh H
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Journal Title
Environ Res 110
Pages: 699-704
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[Journal Article] Methylmercury exposure and adverse cardiovascular effects in Faroese whaling men.2009
Author(s)
Choi AL, Weihe P, Budtz-Jorgensen E, Jorgensen PJ, Salonen JT, Tuomainen T-P, Murata K, Nielsen HP, Petersen MS, Askham J, Grandjean P
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Journal Title
Environ Health Perspect 117
Pages: 367-372
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[Journal Article] Paradoxical increases in serum levels of highly chlorinated PCBs in aged women in clear contrast to robust decreases in dietary intakes from 1980 to 2003 in Japan.2009
Author(s)
Koizumi A, Harada KH, Eslami B, Fujimine Y, Hachiya N, Hirosawa I, Inoue K, Inoue S, Koda S, Kusaka Y, Murata K, Omae K, Saito N, Shimbo S, Takenaka K, Takeshita T, Todoriki H, Wada Y, Watanabe T, Ikeda M
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Journal Title
Environ Health Pre Med 14
Pages: 235-246
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[Presentation] Methylmercury exposure, fish consumption, and cardiovascular function in Faroese whalingmen.2009
Author(s)
Choi AL, Weihe P, Budtz-Jorgensen E, Jorgensen PJ, Salonen J, Tuomainen TP, Murata K, Nielsen HP, Petersen MS, Askham J, Grandjean P
Organizer
9^<th> International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant
Place of Presentation
Guiyang (China)
Year and Date
20090607-20090612
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[Book] Methylmercury neruotoxicology : from rare poisonings to silent pandemic.(In : Wang C, Slikker W (ed) Developmental Neurotoxicology Research : Principles, Models, Techniques, Strategies, and Mechanisms).2011
Author(s)
Grandjean P, Choi AL, Weihe P, Murata K
Total Pages
335-356
Publisher
Jon Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken
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