Specialty

Public health, analytical chemistry, analysis of tobacco constituents, biomarker analysis of smokers and secondhand smokers, indoor air quality analysis

Works

Original papers

1 Onoue A, Inaba Y, Machida K, Samukawa T, Inoue H, Kurosawa H, Ogata H, Kunugita N, Omori H. Association between Fathers’ Use of Heated Tobacco Products and Urinary Cotinine Concentrations in Their Spouses and Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 21;19(10):6275. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19106275.

2 Sawa M, Ushiyama A, Inaba Y, Uchiyama S, Hattori K, Ogasawara Y, Ishii K. A Newly Developed Aerosol Exposure Apparatus for Heated Tobacco Products for In Vivo Experiments Can Deliver Both Particles and Gas Phase With High Recovery and Depicts the Time-Dependent Variation in Nicotine Metabolites in Mouse Urine. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Nov 5;23(12):2145-2152. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab123.

3 Uchiyama S, Noguchi M, Sato A, Ishitsuka M, Inaba Y, Kunugita N. Chem Res Toxicol. Determination of Thermal Decomposition Products Generated from E-cigarettes. 2020, 33, 2, 576-583.

4 Inaba Y, Uchiyama S, Kunugita N. Spectrophotometric determination of ammonia levels in tobacco fillers of and sidestream smoke from different cigarette brands in Japan. Environ Health Prev Med. 2018 Apr 27;23(1):15. doi: 10.1186/s12199-018-0704-5.

5 Mizuno Y, Inaba Y, Masuoka H, Kibe M, Kosaka S, Natsuhara K, Hirayama K, Inthavong N, Kounnavong S, Tomita S, Umezaki M. Determinants of oxidative stress among indigenous populations in Northern Laos: Trace element exposures and dietary patterns. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Apr 10;868:161516. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161516.

6 Mizuno Y, Inaba Y, Masuoka H, Kibe M, Kosaka S, Natsuhara K, Hirayama K, Inthavong N, Kounnavong S, Tomita S, Umezaki M. Impact of modernization on oxidative stress among indigenous populations in northern Laos. Am J Biol Anthropol. 2023 Jul;181(3):352-363. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24722

Reviews

1 Inaba Y, Ushiyama A．Hazards caused by heated tobacco products．J. Natl. Inst. Public Health．2020;69:144－152.

2 Bando M, Inaba Y, Yunokawa T. Challenges and action on environmental health for the Tokyo Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2020. J. Natl. Inst. Public Health. 2019;68:17-26.

Social contributions

WHO Tobacco Laboratory Network (WHO TobLabNet) member

WHO. WHO TobLabNet Official Method SOP11.Standard operating procedure for determination of nicotine, glycerol and propylene glycol in e-liquids. 2022. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240022744

WHO. WHO TobLabNet SOP 12 – Standard operating procedure for determination of nicotine content in smokeless tobacco products 2022. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240044661

WHO. WHO TobLabNet SOP 13 – Standard operating procedure for determination of moisture content in smokeless tobacco products. 2022. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240044685

WHO. WHO TobLabNet Official Method SOP14.- Standard operating procedure for determination of the pH of smokeless tobacco products. 2022. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240044708