2014

2014.12.25	The following paper has been accepted: Sakai Akira, Ohira Tetsuya, Hosoya Mitsuaki, Ohtsuru Akira, Satoh Hiroaki, Kawasaki Yukihiko, Suzuki Hitoshi, Takahashi Atsushi, Kobashi Gen, Ozasa Kotaro, Yasumura Seiji, Yamashita Shunichi, Kamiya Kenji, Abe Masafumi. Life as an evacuee after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident is a cause of polycythemia: the Fukushima Health Management Survey. BMC Public Health
2014.11.12	The following paper has been accepted: Endo N, Goto A, Suzuki T, Matsuda S, Yasumura S. Factors associated with enrollment and adherence of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Japan. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention.
2014.10.09	The following paper has been accepted for advance online publication. Seiji Yasumura. EVACUATION EFFECT ON EXCESS MORTALITY AMONG INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY AFTER THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/fms/advpub/0/advpub_2014-13/_article
2014.09.16	Dr. Suzuki has been awarded "Top Student Prize" from Australasian Epidemiological Association.
2014.09.11	The following paper has been accepted: Emiko Saito, Shouzoh Ueki, Nobufumi Yasuda, Sachiko Yamazaki and Seiji Yasumura. Risk factors of functional disability among community-dwelling elderly people by household in Japan: a prospective cohort study. BMC Geriatrics 2014, 14:93 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/14/93
2014.07.31	As of 25 June 2014, Professor Yasumura was appointed as the President of the Japan Socio-Gerontological Society.
2014.07.17	PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AFTER THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT: RESULTS OF A MENTAL HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE SURVEY THROUGH THE FUKUSHIMA HEALTH MANAGEMENT SURVEY IN FY2011 AND FY2012 HIROOKI YABE, YURIKO SUZUKI, HIROBUMI MASHIKO, YOKO NAKAYAMA, MITSURU HISATA, SHIN-ICHI NIWA, SEIJI YASUMURA, SHUNICHI YAMASHITA, KENJI KAMIYA, MASAFUMI ABE, ON BEHALF OF THE MENTAL HEALTH GROUP OF THE FUKUSHIMA HEALTH MANAGEMENT SURVEY PREGNANCY AND BIRTH SURVEY AFTER THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT IN FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE KEIYA FUJIMORI, HYO KYOZUKA, SHUN YASUDA, AYA GOTO, SEIJI YASUMURA, MISAO OTA, AKIRA OHTSURU, YASUHISA NOMURA, KENICHI HATA, KOUTA SUZUKI, AKIHITO NAKAI, MIEKO SATO, SHIRO MATSUI, KYOKO NAKANO, MASAFUMI ABE, FOR THE PREGNANCY AND BIRTH SURVEY GROUP OF THE FUKUSHIMA HEALTH MANAGEMENT SURVEY
2014.06.23	Kuroda Y, Iwamitsu Y, Miyashita M, Hirai K, Kanai Y, Kawakami S, Nakano K, Nakagawa K. Views of death with regard to end-of-life care preferences among cancer patients at a Japanese university hospital. Palliative & Supportive Care, (in press)
2014.04.01	New to our Department. We are pleased to welcome two assistant professors, Shinya Ito and Yujiro Kuroda.