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Kazuichi Hayakawa

Kazuichi Hayakawa

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Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
12199
World Ranking
10607
National Ranking
773

Overview

Kazuichi Hayakawa is affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as health, toxicology and mutagenesis, atmospheric science, pollution, global and planetary change, and environmental engineering.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Hayakawa has published extensively in several venues, with frequent contributions in:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Applied Sciences
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Atmosphere
  • Preprints.org

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Exposure to Atmospheric Particulate Matter-Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Health Effects: A Review" (2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • "Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Emitted from Open Burning and Stove Burning of Biomass: A Brief Review" (2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • "Characteristics of PM2.5-Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Nitro-Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at A Roadside Air Pollution Monitoring Station in Kanazawa, Japan" (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • "Yearly variation in characteristics and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nitro-PAHs in urban shanghai from 2010-2018" (2020, Journal of Environmental Sciences)
  • "Characteristics of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Common Air Pollutants at Wajima, a Remote Background Site in Japan" (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)

Frequent co-authors in their work include Ning Tang, Akira Toriba, Lulu Zhang, Xuan Zhang, and Wanli Xing.

Best Publications

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nitropolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban air particulates and their relationship to emission sources in the Pan–Japan Sea countries

    Ning Tang;Tetsuyuki Hattori;Rina Taga;Kazuhiko Igarashi

  • Photodegradation of 4-alkylphenols using BiVO4 photocatalyst under irradiation with visible light from a solar simulator

    Shigeru Kohtani;Masaya Koshiko;Akihiko Kudo;Kunihiro Tokumura

  • Induction of CYP1A1, CYP1A2, and CYP1B1 mRNAs by nitropolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in various human tissue-derived cells: chemical-, cytochrome P450 isoform-, and cell-specific differences

    Masashi Iwanari;Miki Nakajima;Ryoichi Kizu;Kazuichi Hayakawa

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in human serum and sperm quality.

    Kazuhiko Akutsu;S. Takatori;S. Nozawa;M. Yoshiike

  • Exposure to Atmospheric Particulate Matter-Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Health Effects: A Review

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  • Determination of 1,3-, 1,6-, and 1,8-dinitropyrenes and 1-nitropyrene in urban air by high-performance liquid chromatography using chemiluminescence detection.

    Kazuichi. Hayakawa;Tsuyoshi. Murahashi;Mizuka. Butoh;Motoichi. Miyazaki

  • Photocatalytic Degradation of 4-n-Nonylphenol under Irradiation from Solar Simulator: Comparison between BiVO4 and TiO2 Photocatalysts.

    Shigeru Kohtani;Shigeki Makino;Akihiko Kudo;Kunihiro Tokumura

  • Simultaneous determination of urinary hydroxylated metabolites of naphthalene, fluorene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene and pyrene as multiple biomarkers of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

    Thaneeya Chetiyanukornkul;Akira Toriba;Takayuki Kameda;Ning Tang

  • Bisphenol A (BPA) and its source in foods in Japanese markets.

    J Sajiki;F Miyamoto;H Fukata;C Mori

  • A role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor in the antiandrogenic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in LNCaP human prostate carcinoma cells.

    Ryoichi Kizu;Kazumasa Okamura;Akira Toriba;Hiroshi Kakishima

  • Long-range transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from China to Japan

    Xiao-Yang Yang;Yumi Okada;Ning Tang;Siori Matsunaga

  • Components of diesel exhaust particles differentially affect Th1/Th2 response in a murine model of allergic airway inflammation.

    R. Yanagisawa;H. Takano;H. Takano;K.-i. Inoue;T. Ichinose

  • Size distribution of particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fresh combustion smoke and ambient air: A review.

    Lulu Zhang;Lu Yang;Quanyu Zhou;Xuan Zhang

  • Concentrations of bisphenol a, bisphenol a diglycidyl ether, and their derivatives in canned foods in Japanese markets.

    Jun Yonekubo;Kazuichi Hayakawa;Junko Sajiki

  • Estrogenic/Antiestrogenic Activities of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Monohydroxylated Derivatives by Yeast Two-Hybrid Assay

    Kazuichi Hayakawa;Yu Onoda;Chihiro Tachikawa;Shinzo Hosoi

  • Development of analytical methods for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in airborne particulates: a review.

    Li-bin Liu;Yan Liu;Jin-ming Lin;Ning Tang

  • Environmental Behaviors and Toxicities of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Nitropolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

    Kazuichi Hayakawa

  • Emission and atmospheric transport of particulate PAHs in Northeast Asia.

    Yayoi Inomata;Mizuo Kajino;Keiichi Sato;Toshimasa Ohara

  • Quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in human hair by HPLC with fluorescence detection: a biological monitoring method to evaluate the exposure to PAHs.

    Akira Toriba;Yayoi Kuramae;Thaneeya Chetiyanukornkul;Ryoichi Kizu

  • COMPARISON OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND NITROPOLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN AIRBORNE PARTICULATES COLLECTED IN DOWNTOWN AND SUBURBAN KANAZAWA, JAPAN

    Kazuichi Hayakawa;Ning Tang;Kazuhiko Akutsu;Tsuyoshi Murahashi

  • Long-range transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the eastern Asian continent to Kanazawa, Japan with Asian dust

    Shuji Tamamura;Tsutomu Sato;Yukie Ota;Xilong Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jin-Ming Lin
Jin-Ming Lin Tsinghua University
Takashi Kondo
Takashi Kondo University of Toyama
Hiroyuki Nakazawa
Hiroyuki Nakazawa Hoshi University
Stephen B. Pointing
Stephen B. Pointing National University of Singapore
Vishwajit S. Chowdhury
Vishwajit S. Chowdhury Kyushu University
Xilong Wang
Xilong Wang Peking University
Carolyn M. Klinge
Carolyn M. Klinge University of Louisville
Toshimasa Ohara
Toshimasa Ohara Asia Center for Air Pollution Research
Hidetaka Takigami
Hidetaka Takigami National Institute for Environmental Studies
Min Hu
Min Hu Peking University

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