{"id":2118,"date":"2018-03-20T08:34:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T08:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niph.log.mixh.jp\/?page_id=2118"},"modified":"2018-11-08T02:08:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T02:08:00","slug":"area06-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.niph.go.jp\/en\/soshiki-en\/04toukatsu-en\/area06-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Area on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\r\n#sTitle {\r\n    min-height: 80px;\r\n    height: auto;\r\n    background-size: contain;\r\n}\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 991px) {\r\n#sTitle {padding-top:10px;}\r\n\r\ndiv#main #article-in img.img-R,\r\ndiv#main #article-in img.img-L {\r\n\tfloat: unset;\r\n    width: 100%;\r\n    height: auto;\r\n    margin: 0;\r\n\t}\r\n\r\n\r\n\t}\r\n\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"container-fluid\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;\">\r\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;\">\r\n<!-----[myphp file='menu-en']------>\r\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding:0;\">\r\n<div id=\"main\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div id=\"article\">\r\n<div id=\"pankuzu\"><a href=\"\/en\/index\/\">Home<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/soshiki-en\/\">Research Departments\r\n<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/en\/soshiki-en\/04toukatsu-en\/\">Research Managing Director<\/a>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<em>Area on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment<\/em><\/div>\r\n<h3>Research Managing Director<\/h3>\r\n<div id=\"sTitle\" class=\"sTitle-area06\"><em>Area on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment<\/em><!--Generalization researcher--><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"article-in\" class=\"kenkyubu\">\r\n<!--Main Area Start-->\r\n<div class=\"Box\">\r\n<!--\u5199\u771f\u63b2\u8f09\u4fdd\u7559\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"images\/group_photo.jpg\" width=\"188\" height=\"140\" alt=\"\u7d71\u62ec\u7814\u7a76\u5b98\" class=\"img-L\" \/>\r\n\u5199\u771f\u63b2\u8f09\u4fdd\u7559--><\/div>\r\nIn order to precisely understand and evaluate the various environmental factors introduced by social and\r\ntechnological change that have impacts on public health; and in order to take appropriate measures, the\r\nArea on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment is conducting the comprehensive surveys and research\r\noutlined below regarding physical factors like radiation; chemical factors like contaminants; physiological and\r\nmedical impacts of those factors; hygiene in the urban\/living environment; etc.<br>\r\n\u2022 Surveys and research on health impacts of physical factors in the living environment (ionizing radiation,\r\nelectromagnetic fi elds, ultraviolet, etc.), and on methods of protection against them<br>\r\n\u2022 Mechanism of generation of harmful chemical substances and aerosols in the living environment;\r\nassessment of their health impacts (e.g., comprehensive evaluation of genetic impacts); development of\r\nhighly sensitive and accurate measurement methods; development of methods to assess the extent of\r\nhuman exposure<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/soshiki\/04toukatsu\/images\/area06.jpg\" alt=\"Environmental Monitoring and Assessment\" width=\"264\" height=\"222\" class=\"img-R\">\r\n\u2022 Health risk assessments of physical and chemical factors in the living\r\nenvironment; appropriate management of a sanitary environment<br>\r\n\u2022 Developing methods to measure smoke from cigarettes; participation\r\nin the WHO Tobacco Laboratory Network; creating methods to\r\nmeasure smoking behavior and markers for exposure in biospecimens;\r\nhealth risk assessments from survey\/research results<br>\r\n\u2022 Comprehensive examination of safety measures to maintain a\r\nsanitary environment by improving hygiene in the urban\/living\r\nenvironment<br>\r\n\u2022 Examining impacts on the human body of life styles and of exposure\r\nto chemical substances in the environment (taking account of the interaction between genetic and\r\nenvironmental factors), including: (1) establishing a community-based cohort study fi eld that will estimate\r\nthe incidence of lifestyle-related diseases; (2) life styles of pregnant women; (3) impacts on future\r\ngenerations of exposure to chemical substances, taking genetic factors into account.\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div><!--main end-->\r\n<\/div><!--col end-->\r\n<!------[myphp file='menu-en-footer']------->\r\n<\/div><!--row end-->\r\n<\/div><!------- container-fluid end -------->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;Research Departments &nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;Research Managing Director&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;Area on Env &hellip; 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