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Akiko Tamakoshi

Akiko Tamakoshi

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Medicine
Japan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
39923
World Ranking
6289
National Ranking
142

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Akiko Tamakoshi is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and has a significant body of research in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on public health, oncology, physiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and epidemiology.

The scientist's recent published papers cover a range of topics related to health risks, disease, and mortality, including:

  • Effect of physical activity on the risk of frailty: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Reproductive Factors and Endometrial Cancer Risk Among Women, 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • Low BMI and weight loss aggravate COPD mortality in men, findings from a large prospective cohort: the JACC study, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Association of Marital Status With Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Asia, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Circulating insulin-like growth factors and risks of overall, aggressive and early-onset prostate cancer: a collaborative analysis of 20 prospective studies and Mendelian randomization analysis, 2022, International Journal of Epidemiology

The scientist's frequent coauthors include Hiroyasu Iso, Takashi Kimura, Shigekazu Ukawa, Kenji Wakai, and Keitaro Matsuo.

Akiko Tamakoshi frequently publishes in journals such as the Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, the Journal of Epidemiology, the International Journal of Cancer, the International Journal of Epidemiology, and PubMed.

The research focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Tamakoshi's publication record also highlights work in the following subfields:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Oncology
  • Physiology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians

    Wei Zheng;Dale F. McLerran;Betsy Rolland;Xianglan Zhang

  • Progression and prognosis in multiple system atrophy: an analysis of 230 Japanese patients.

    Hirohisa Watanabe;Yufuko Saito;Shinichi Terao;Tetsuo Ando

  • Blood pressure, cholesterol, and stroke in eastern Asia

    A Rodgers;S MacMahon;T Yee;T Clark

  • The association between long working hours and health: a systematic review of epidemiological evidence.

    Akira Bannai;Akiko Tamakoshi

  • Self-reported sleep duration as a predictor of all-cause mortality : results from the JACC study, Japan

    A Tamakoshi

  • The relationship between green tea and total caffeine intake and risk for self-reported type 2 diabetes among Japanese adults

    Hiroyasu Iso;Hiroyasu Iso;Chigusa Date;Chigusa Date;Kenji Wakai;Mitsuru Fukui

  • Overview of the BioBank Japan Project: Study design and profile

    Akiko Nagai;Makoto Hirata;Yoichiro Kamatani;Kaori Muto

  • Prevalence and Clinicoepidemiological Features of Moyamoya Disease in Japan. Findings From a Nationwide Epidemiological Survey

    Shinichi Kuriyama;Yasuko Kusaka;Miki Fujimura;Kenji Wakai

  • Prospective Cohort Study of the Risk of Prostate Cancer among Rotating-Shift Workers: Findings from the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study

    Tatsuhiko Kubo;Kotaro Ozasa;Kazuya Mikami;Kenji Wakai

  • Association of Sleep Duration with Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease and Other Causes for Japanese Men and Women: the JACC Study

    Satoyo Ikehara;Hiroyasu Iso;Chigusa Date;Shogo Kikuchi

  • Epidemiological features of Moyamoya disease in Japan: findings from a nationwide survey

    Kenji Wakai;Akiko Tamakoshi;Kiyonobu Ikezaki;Masashi Fukui

  • Nationwide Epidemiologic Survey of Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head

    Wakaba Fukushima;Mikihiro Fujioka;Toshikazu Kubo;Akiko Tamakoshi;Akiko Tamakoshi

  • Fish, ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, and Mortality From Cardiovascular Diseases in a Nationwide Community-Based Cohort of Japanese Men and Women: The JACC (Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk) Study

    Kazumasa Yamagishi;Hiroyasu Iso;Chigusa Date;Mitsuru Fukui

  • Perceived Mental Stress and Mortality From Cardiovascular Disease Among Japanese Men and Women. The Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk Sponsored by Monbusho (JACC Study)

    Hiroyasu Iso;Chigusa Date;Akio Yamamoto;Hideaki Toyoshima

  • Association between body mass index and cardiovascular disease mortality in east Asians and south Asians: pooled analysis of prospective data from the Asia Cohort Consortium

    Yu Chen;Wade K. Copeland;Rajesh Vedanthan;Eric Grant

  • Natural history of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) : a study of 223 Japanese patients

    Naoki Atsuta;Hirohisa Watanabe;Mizuki Ito;Haruhiko Banno

  • Dietary Intake and Sources of Isoflavones Among Japanese

    Kenji Wakai;Isuzu Egami;Kumiko Kato;Takashi Kawamura

  • Japan collaborative cohort study for evaluation of cancer risk sponsored by monbusho (JACC study)

    Yoshiyuki Ohno;Akiko Tamakoshi

  • Body Mass Index and Diabetes in Asia: A Cross-Sectional Pooled Analysis of 900,000 Individuals in the Asia Cohort Consortium

    Paolo Boffetta;Dale McLerran;Yu Chen;Manami Inoue

  • Sleep Patterns and Total Mortality: A 12-Year Follow-up Study in Japan

    Masayo Kojima;Kenji Wakai;Takashi Kawamura;Akiko Tamakoshi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenji Wakai
Kenji Wakai Nagoya University
Hiroyasu Iso
Hiroyasu Iso Osaka University
Ichiro Tsuji
Ichiro Tsuji Tohoku University
Keitaro Matsuo
Keitaro Matsuo Nagoya University
Shoichiro Tsugane
Shoichiro Tsugane International University of Health and Welfare
Tetsuya Mizoue
Tetsuya Mizoue Kyushu University
Manami Inoue
Manami Inoue National Cancer Centre
Shizuka Sasazuki
Shizuka Sasazuki National Cancer Centre
Kazuo Tajima
Kazuo Tajima Kagoshima University
Nobuyuki Hamajima
Nobuyuki Hamajima Nagoya University

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