Funds
This study was funded by:
● Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research and Health, Labor and Welfare Sciences
● Grant-in-Aid for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology / the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
● Ministry of Environment, The Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (ERTDF)
● Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
● Grant-in-Aid for Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)
Research Collaborators
● Faculty of Systems Science and Technology
● Asahikawa Medical University
● Asahikawa Medical University Hospital
● IDEA Consultants, Inc
● Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital
● National Institute for Minamata Disease
● Kitakyushu Life Science Center
● Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kyushu University
● Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University
● Department of Medicine, Kindai University
● Graduate School of Science and Technology Kumamoto University
● Biostatistics Center, Kurume University
● National Center for Global Health and Medicine
● Sapporo Medical University
● Sapporo Medical University Hospital
● Sapporo City General Hospital
● National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
● Hoshi University
● Chuo University
● Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association
● Chubu University
● Tokyo Medical and Dental University
● International Research Institute of Disaster Science
● Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of Nursing
● Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences
● Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
● School of Medicine, Hokkaido University
● Hokkaido University Information Initiative Center
● Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
● Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
● Center for Medical Education and International Relations Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University
● Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hokkaido University, Faculty of Medicine
● Department of Public Health, Hokkaido University, Faculty of Medicine
● Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
● Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
● Department of Renal and Genitourinary surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University
● Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University
● Faculty of Economics and Business, Hokkaido University
● Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University
● Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
● Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
● Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
● Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University
● Hokkaido University Hospital
● Hokkaido University Hospital Clinical Research and Medical Innovation Center
● Hokkaido Institute of Public Health
● Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Nayoro City University
● University of Yamanashi
● Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University
● University of Antwerp
● National Taiwan University
● National Yang Ming University
● National Health Research Institutes
● Shanghai Jiao Tong University
● National University of Singapore
● Research Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance(IPA)
● Ewha Womans University
We would like to express our appreciation to all of the study participants of The Hokkaido Study on
Environment and Children’s Health. We express our profound gratitude to all personnel in the hospitals and clinics that collaborated with the study:
● Asahikawa Medical University Hospital
● Ohji General Hospital
● Sapporo Toho Hospital
● Hashimoto Clinic
● Aoba Ladies Clinic
● Akiyama Memorial Hospital
● Hoyukai Sapporo Hospital
● Sapporo Tokushukai Hospital
● Endo-Kikyo Maternity Clinic
● Obihiro-Kosei General Hospital
● Kitami Lady’s Clinic
● KKR Sapporo Medical Center
● Keiai Hospital
● Kin-ikyo Sapporo Hospital
● Memuro Public Hospital
● Monbetsu Hospital
● Gorinbashi Maternity Clinic
● Sapporo City General Hospital
● Engaru-Kosei General Hospital
● Sapporo-Kosei General Hospital
● Obihiro-Kosei Hospital
● Nakamura Memorial Hospital
● Tenshi Hospital
● Hakodate Goryoukaku Hospital
● Hakodate Central General Hospital
● Sapporo City General Hospital
● Shibetsu City Hospital
● Wakkanai City Hospital
● Hakodate Municipal Hospital
● Shiroishi Hospital
● Nakashibetsu Town Hospital
● Kushiro Rosai Hospital
● Nayoro City General Hospital
● Nikko Memorial Hospital
● Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital
● Kushiro Red Cross Hospital
● Japanese Red Cross Kitami Hospital
● Hokkaido University Hospital
● Kiyota Children’s Clinic
● Sueoka Kodomo Clinic
● Tsubakihara Kodomo Clinic
● YamanakaTatsuru-Pediatrics
● Nakata Pediatrios
● Nagano Children‘s Clinic
● Suzuran Children‘s Clinic
● Iwamizawa Pediatrics
● Matsuzono Children‘s Clinic
● Maruyama-Tame Shonika
● Mebae Kodomo Ckinic
● Watanabe Pediatric Allergy Clinic