The aim of this study was to determine whether outdoor nitrogen dioxide (NO2) was associated with the prevalence of asthma and respiratory symptoms. In eight nonurban communities, 843 children resident for a minimum of 2 yrs were studied. Since industrial sources of air pollution were at least 20 km away from the study communities, NO2 was considered to primarily indicate traffic-related air po...

Seiji MIYASHITA1)∗), Yusuke KONISHI1)∗∗), Hiroko TOKORO1)∗∗∗), Masamichi NISHINO2)†), Kamel BOUKHEDDADEN3)††) and Francios VARRET3)† † †) 1 Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-8656, Tokyo 113-8656 2Computational Materials Science center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan 3Laboratoire de Magnetisme et d AfOptique, Un...

1 Coley Pharmaceutical GmbH, 40764 Langenfeld, Germany 2 Institute for Medical Microbiology, Hygiene and Immunology, D-81675 Munich, Germany 3 Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan 4 ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Osaka 565-0047, Japan 5 Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32...

Emiko Hiyama1,∗), Katsuhiko Suzuki2,∗∗), Hiroshi Toki3,∗∗∗) and Masayasu Kamimura4,∗∗∗∗) 1Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan 2Numazu College of Technology, Numazu 410-8501, Japan 3Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan 4Department of Physics, K...

Takayuki MYO,1,∗) Satoru SUGIMOTO,2∗∗) Kiyoshi KATŌ3∗∗∗) Hiroshi TOKI,1†) and Kiyomi IKEDA4††) 1Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, Ibaraki 567-0047, Japan 2Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan 3Division of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan 4The Institute of Physical a...

Taiki NISHIOKA, Yoshiaki YASUTAKE, Yoshiaki NISHIYA, Noriko TAMURA, and Tomohiro TAMURA Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, N9W9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan Bioproduction research institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-17-2-1 Tsukisamu-Higashi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-8517, Japan Tsuruga Institute of Biotechnology, Toyobo Co...

Takayuki Myo,1,∗) Satoru Sugimoto,2,∗∗) Kiyoshi Katō3,∗∗∗) Hiroshi Toki,1,†) and Kiyomi Ikeda4,††) 1Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, Ibaraki 567-0047, Japan 2Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan 3Division of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan 4The Institute of Physic...

Takayuki MYO,1,∗) Satoru SUGIMOTO,2∗∗) Kiyoshi KATŌ3∗∗∗) Hiroshi TOKI,1†) and Kiyomi IKEDA4††) 1Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, Ibaraki 567-0047, Japan 2Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan 3Division of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan 4The Institute of Physical a...