Prof. Kazuhito Yokoyama

 

kazuhito@white.zero.jp


Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Juntendo University, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, JAPAN


+81-(0)3-3813-3795

Professional Biography:

On October, 2019 Professor Rustin was presented with the TUMS Distinguished Visiting Professor Title for the duration of 2019-2022 by Head of the Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Health TUMS Research Center.

Main Research Interests:

  • Occupational and Environmental Health

  • Epidemiology, Metal Toxicology

  • Behavioral Medicine

  • Neurotoxicology

 

Main Publications:

  • Nishioka E., Yokoyama K., Matsukawa T., Vigeh M., Hirayama S., Ueno T., Miida T., Makino S., Takeda S.: Evidence that birth weight is decreased by maternal lead levels below 5µg/dl in male newborns. Reproductive Toxicology 47: 21-26, 2014.

  • Muto G, Nakamura R, Yokoyama K, Kitamura F, Omori Y, Saito M, Endo M: Information exchange using a prescribed form and involvement of occupational health nurses promotes occupational physicians to collaborate with attending physicians for supporting workers with illness in Japan. Ind Health.: 5;57(1):10- 21, 2019. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2017-0133.

  • Matsukawa T, Chiba M, Shinohara A, Matsumoto-Omori Y, Yokoyama K: Changes in thallium distribution in the scalp hair after an intoxication incident. Forensic Science International 291: 230-233, 2018.