Publications

Selected Publications:

1. Hawlader MDH, Ma E, Noguchi E, Itoh M, Arifeen SE, Persson LA, Moore SE, Raqib R, Wagatsuma Y. Ascaris lumbricoides infection as a risk factor for asthma and atopy in rural Bangladeshi children. Trop Med Health 2014; 42:77-85.
2. Tanaka Y, Isobe K, Ma E, Imai T, Maeda Y, Sakurai A, Midorikawa S, Hataya Y, Kato Y, Adachi M, Takahashi H, Yokoyama C, Arai Y, Hashimoto K, Shimano H, Hara H, Kawakami Y, Takekoshi K. Plasma free metanephrines in the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma: diagnostic accuracy and strategies for Japanese patients. Endocr J 2014; 61:667-73.
3. Ma E, Sasazuki S, Sasaki S, Tsubono Y, Okubo S, Tsugane S: Vitamin C supplementation in relation to inflammation in individuals with atrophic gastritis: a randomized controlled trial in Japan. Brit J Nutr 2013; 24:1-7.
4. Tanaka M, Ma E, Tanaka H, Ioka A, Nakahara T, Takahashi H: Trends of stomach cancer mortality in Eastern Asia in 1950-2004: comparative study of Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore using age, period and cohort analysis. Int J Cancer 2012; 130:930-6.
5. Ma E, Sasazuki S, Iwasaki M, Sawada N, Inoue M, Tsugane S: 10-year risk of colorectal cancer in Japanese men: development and validation of a prediction model through the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study. Cancer Epidemiol 2010; 34:534-41.
6. Ma E, Sasazuki S, Inoue M, Iwasaki M, Sawada N, Takachi R, Tsugane S: High dietary intake of magnesium may decrease risk of colorectal cancer in Japanese men. J Nutr 2010; 140:779-85.
7. Ma E, Iwasaki M, Ishihara J, Hamada GS, Nishimoto IN, Carvalho SMT, Motola J, Laginha FM, Tsugane S: Dietary intake of folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12, genetic polymorphism of related enzymes, and risk of breast cancer: a case-control study in Brazilian women. BMC Cancer 2009; 9:122.
8. Ma E, Iso H, Takahashi H, Yamagishi K, Tanigawa T: Age-Period-Cohort analysis of mortality due to ischemic heart disease in Japan, 1955 to 2000. Circ J 2008; 72:966-72.