Ryo Kawasaki

Indoor air pollutants and blood pressure in toddlers: data from the Japan environment and children’s study

Abstract Background Hypertension in childhood has been recognized as an early marker of future cardiovascular risk, and blood pressure trajectories are known to track from early life into adulthood. Environmental exposures during early childhood, particularly indoor air pollutant...

Maternal house dust–related cleaning behaviors during pregnancy and neurodevelopment from 18 months to 3 years of age in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

To examine the association between maternal house dust–related cleaning behaviors during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes from 18 months to 3 years of age. Data from 81,125 mother–child pairs who participated in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) were anal...