International Cooperation

Past Events

The 6th Working Group Meeting on Birth Cohort Studies

Place:
Seattle, USA
Date:
October 31- November 1, 2012

The 5th International Working Group Meeting on Birth Cohort Studies

Place:
Shanghai, China
Date:
June 26-27, 2012

The 4th International Working Group Meeting on Birth Cohort Studies

Place:
Kitakyusyu, Japan
Date:
February 27-28, 2012
Statement:
Statement of Principles [PDF:9KB]

The JECS International Symposium

Place:
Kitakyushu International Conference Center (Kitakyushu, Japan)
Date:
Tuesday 28 February, 2012
Time:
13:00-16:30
Program (Japanese/English) The cover [PDF:886KB]
PART 1. Large-scale birth cohort studies in the world and international collaboration
[PDF:4,150KB]
PART 2. Current status of and expectations for JECS
[PDF:2,562KB]
Biography of Speakers [PDF:4,090KB]

Presentation slides

PART 1. Large-scale birth cohort studies in the world and international collaboration
1-1 Outline of the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS)
Eisaku Toda, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
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[PDF:359KB]
1-2 U.S. National Children's Study
Steven Hirschfeld, U.S. National Children's Study
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[PDF:197KB]
1-3 German Birth Cohort Study
Marike Kolossa-Gehring, Federal Environment Agency, Berlin, Germany
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[PDF:364KB]
1-4 World Health Organization Efforts Towards Coordination and Harmonization of the Next Generation of Large-Scale Birth Cohort Studies of Child Health and the Environment
Ruth A. Etzel, World Health Organization
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[PDF:113KB]
1-5 Report from the working group for Coordination of the Next Generation of Large-Scale Birth Cohorts
Eisaku Toda, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
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[PDF:175KB]
PART 2. Current status of and expectations for JECS
2-1 Progress in Japan Environment and Children's Study
Hiroshi Satoh, Director, National Centre for Japan Environment and Children's Study
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[PDF:1,391KB]
2-2 Preceding birth cohort studies in Japan
2-2-1 Current Progress of the "Hokkaido Cohort Studies on Environment and Children: Congenital Abnormality, Development, and Allergy"
Reiko Kishi, Hokkaido University
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[PDF:431KB]
2-2-2 A study of child development in northeast Japan
Kunihiko Nakai, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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[PDF:364KB]
2-3 Pilot Studies for JECS
Toshihiro Kawamoto, University of Occupational and Environmental Health
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[PDF:373KB]
2-4 Expectations for JECS
Toshiro Yamashita, Environment Bureau, City of Kitakyushu
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[PDF:320KB]

The 3rd International Working Group Meeting on Birth Cohort Studies

Place:
Bonn, Germany
Date:
December 5-6, 2011

The 2nd International Working Group Meeting on Birth Cohort Studies

Place:
Baltimore, USA
Date:
October 25, 2011

The 1st International Working Group Meeting on Birth Cohort Studiesnew window

Place:
Barcelona, Spain
Date:
September 17, 2011

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