Preface

• T. YOKOYAMA
  Utilizing statistical data and promoting epidemiological studies for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) in Japan（124KB）　Page 1

Topics

• H. YOSHIDA, N. KATO, T. YOKOYAMA
  Current trends in low birth weight infants in Japan〈Review〉（2949KB）　Page 2-16
• N. KATO, H. TAKIMOTO, H. YOSHIDA , T. YOKOYAMA
  Survey on growth of infants and preschool children, school health statistics〈Review〉（2477KB）　Page 17-26
• Z. YAMAGATA
  Significance of using child health checkup data〈Review〉（678KB）　Page 27-31
• H. YOSHIDA, N. KATO, T. YOKOYAMA
  Trends in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) research in Japan: Here and now, and beyond〈Review〉（491KB）　Page 32-38

Original

• Y. ADACHI, K. UENO, H. NAGAMOTO, N. FUKAMACHI, M. TANAKA, K. ADACHI
  The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) was used to study the effects of alcohol consumption on sleep problems（365KB）　Page 39-47

Review

• H. SATO, R. INOKUCHI
  Regulation of clinical trials conducted in emergency settings without informed consent in the U.S.A.: History, current regulations and guidance, and agendas for discussion（451KB）　Page 48-60

Research Data

• S. TAKEMURA
  Comparison of research proposal assessment in competitive research funding related to healthcare among Japan, U.S.A., and U.K.（360KB）　Page 61-69
• T. TACHIBANA, H. OKUDA, Y. ANDO
  Consideration of systematic human resource development for regional health administration personnel（573KB）　Page 70-83