【Peer reviewed】
Wataki H, Seposo XT, Uttajug A, Anzai T, Yokota I, Ueda K, Yonemoto N, Tahara Y, Matoba T, Ikeda T, JCS-ReSS Investigators. Impact of snowfall on ambulance response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a nationwide population-based registry analysis, 2009-2019. Circulation Reports. (accepted)
Yang Z, Ueda K, Umemura T, Onishi K, Terasaki H, Nakayama T, Matsumi Y, Vatta K, Araki H, Hayashida S, Patra PK. Perceptions of air pollution from stubble burning and its health risks in Punjab, India. Sci Rep. 2025 Oct 27;15(1):37455. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-21235-8.
Phung VLH, Ueda K, Yulianti N, Ohashi M, Kawasaki M, Fatmaria F, Arifin S, Kahanjak DN, Putra S RAAHS, Bakring A, Kusin K, Naito D. Effects of smoke haze on respiratory clinic visits in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia according to different haze characteristics. (2025) Int J Epidemiol. 2025 Oct 14;54(6):dyaf169. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf169
Seposo X, Celis-Seposo AK, Uttajug A, Tajudin MABA, Ueda K. Impact of prenatal drought exposures on under-5 childhood stunting in 32 low-and-middle-income countries: a global analysis using demographic and health survey. Environ Health. 2025 Aug 29;24(1):61. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-025-01215-1
Takata T, Seposo X, Hossain N, Ueda K. Air Temperature and Gastroenteritis Among Rohingya Populations in Bangladesh Refugee Camps. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 1;8(4):e255768. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.5768
Shono A, Morihiro A, Harada N, Seposo X, Mimura W, Hoshi S-l, Yahagi N, Miyazaki S, Kondo M. Community-based HbA1c testing programme for early detection of undiagnosed diabetes in community pharmacy. Int J Pharm Pract. 2025 Apr 15;33(2):188-196. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riaf005.
Ith S, Seposo X, Phy V, Tantrakarnapa K, Apostol GLC, Dhewantara PW, Hod R, Hassan MR, Othman H, Sahani M, Lim JT, Nhung HH, Tuan NH, Nghia ND, Takemura T, Nouhak I, Chua PLC, Cook AR, Colón-González FJ, Hashizume M. Extreme weather events and dengue in Southeast Asia: A regionally-representative analysis of 291 locations from 1998 to 2021. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Sep 4;19(9):e0012649. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012649. eCollection 2025
Zhou L, Xiong Y, Sera F, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Abrutzky R, Guo Y, Tong S, de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho M, Nascimento Saldiva PH, Lavigne E, Correa PM, Ortega NV, Osorio S, Roye D, Kyselý J, Orru H, Maasikmets M, Jaakkola JJK, Ryti N, Pascal M, Huber V, Breitner-Busch S, Schneider A, Katsouyanni K, Samoli E, Entezari A, Mayvaneh F, Goodman P, Zeka A, Raz R, Scortichini M, Stafoggia M, Honda Y, Hashizume M, Ng CFS, Alahmad B, Diaz MH, Félix Arellano EE, Overcenco A, Klompmaker J, Rao S, Carrasco G, Seposo X, Chua PLC, Pereira da Silva SDN, Madureira J, Holobaca IH, Scovronick N, Garland RM, Kim H, Lee W, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Forsberg B, Ragettli MS, Guo YL, Pan SC, Li S, Masselot P, Colistro V, Bell M, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Dang TN, Van Dung D, Gasparrini A, Huang Y, Kan H. Associations of ambient exposure to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene with daily mortality: a multicountry time-series study in 757 global locations. Lancet Planet Health. 2025 Sep;9(9):101306. doi: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.101306.
Huang W, Xu R, Yang Z, Otto C, Hales S, Hundessa S, Ye T, Chua PLC, Ritchie EA, Coelho MSZS, Yu P, Tantrakarnapa K, Saldiva PHN, Zhang Y, Xu Z, Zhou S, Lavigne E, Seposo XT, Kliengchuay W, Guo YL, Kim H, Yu W, Liu Y, Ju K, Wu Y, Wen B, Li S, Guo Y. Cause specific mortality risks associated with tropical cyclones in multiple countries and territories: two stage, time series study. BMJ. 2025 Nov 5;391:e084906. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-084906.
Michikawa T, Nishiwaki Y, Asakura K, Okamura T, Takebayashi T, Hasegawa S, Milojevic A, Minami M, Taguri M, Takeuchi A, Ueda K, Sairenchi T, Yamagishi K, Iso H, Irie F, Nitta H. All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Associated with Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter in Japan: The Ibaraki Prefectural Health Study. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2025 Aug 1;32(8):982-993. https://doi.org/10.5551/jat.65424
【Peer reviewed】
Tajudin, M. A. B. A., Kubo, R., Ng, C. F. S., Hashizume, M., Seposo, X., Kim, Y., ... & Ueda, K. (2024). The effect modification of PM2.5 and ozone on the short-term associations between temperature and mortality across the urban areas of Japan. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 29, 57-57. doi: https://doi.org/10.1265/ehpm.24-00108
Tajudin, M. A. B. A., Madaniyazi, L., Seposo, X., Sahani, M., Tobías, A., Latif, M. T., ... & Ng, C. F. S. (2024). Short-term associations of PM10 attributed to biomass burning with respiratory and cardiovascular hospital admissions in Peninsular Malaysia. International Journal of Epidemiology, 53(4). doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae102
Bahrami, Z., Sato, S., Yang, Z., Maiti, M., Kanawat, P., Umemura, T., ... & Ueda, K. (2024). The perception of air pollution and its health risk: a scoping review of measures and methods. Global Health Action, 17(1), 2370100. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2024.2370100
Uttajug, A., Seposo, X., Phosri, A., Phung, V. L. H., Tajudin, M. A. B. A., & Ueda, K. (2024). Effects of Coexposure to Air Pollution from Vegetation Fires and Extreme Heat on Mortality in Upper Northern Thailand. Environmental Science & Technology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c08074
Wen, B., Wu, Y., Guo, Y., Gasparrini, A., Tong, S., Overcenco, A., ... & Li, S. (2024). Comparison for the effects of different components of temperature variability on mortality: A multi-country time-series study. Environment international, 108712. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108712
Wu, Y., Wen, B., Gasparrini, A., Armstrong, B., Sera, F., Lavigne, E., ... & Guo, Y. L. (2024). Temperature frequency and mortality: Assessing adaptation to local temperature. Environment international, 108691. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108691
Celis-Seposo, A. K., Madaniyazi, L., Seposo, X., Hashizume, M., Yoshida, L. M., & Toizumi, M. (2024). Incidence and seasonality of Kawasaki disease in children in the Philippines, and its association with ambient air temperature. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 12, 1358638. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2024.1358638
Madaniyazi, L., Armstrong, B., Tobias, A., Mistry, M. N., Bell, M. L., Urban, A., ... & Zeka, A. (2024). Seasonality of mortality under climate change: a multicountry projection study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 8(2), e86-e94. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00269-3
Anita, W. M., Uttajug, A., Seposo, X. T., Sudo, K., Nakata, M., Takemura, T., ... & Ueda, K. (2024). Interplay of climate Change and air pollution-projection of the under-5 mortality attributable to ambient particulate matter (PM2. 5) in South Asia. Environmental Research, 118292. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118292
Huang, W., Yang, Z., Zhang, Y., Vogt, T., Armstrong, B., Yu, W., ... & MCC Collaborators. (2024). Tropical cyclone-specific mortality risks and the periods of concern: A multicountry time-series study. Plos Medicine, 21(1), e1004341. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1004341
【Peer reviewed】
Kim, Y., Oka, K., Kawazu, E. C., Ng, C. F. S., Seposo, X., Ueda, K., . . . Honda, Y. (2023). Enhancing health resilience in Japan in a changing climate. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 100970. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100970
Seposo, X., Valenzuela, S., & Apostol, G. L. (2023). Socio-economic factors and its influence on the association between temperature and dengue incidence in 61 Provinces of the Philippines, 2010–2019. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(10), e0011700. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011700
Yang, Z., Huang, W., McKenzie, J. E., Xu, R., Yu, P., Ye, T., ... & Li, S. (2023). Mortality risks associated with floods in 761 communities worldwide: time series study. bmj, 383. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-075081
Paoin, K., Pharino, C., Vathesatogkit, P. et al. Associations between residential greenness and air pollution and the incident metabolic syndrome in a Thai worker cohort. Int J Biometeorol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-023-02554-9
Uttajug A, Ueda K, Seposo X, et al. Association between extreme rainfall and acute respiratory infection among children under-5 years in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data, 2006–2020. BMJ Open. 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071874
Paoin, K., Pharino, C., Vathesatogkit, P., Buya, S., Saranburut, K., Phosri, A., ... & Sritara, P. (2023). Long-term associations of air pollution exposure with liver enzymes among adult employees of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand: A longitudinal cohort study. Atmospheric Environment, 119648.
Anita, W.M.; Ueda, K.; Uttajug, A.; Seposo, X.T.; Takano, H. Association between Long-Term Ambient PM2.5 Exposure and under-5 Mortality: A Scoping Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 3270. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043270
Phosri A, Ueda K, Seposo X, Honda A, Takano H. Effect modification by temperature on the association between O3 and emergency ambulance dispatches in Japan: A multi-city study. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Feb 25;861:160725. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160725.
Seposo X, Ueda K, Fook Sheng Ng C, Madaniyazi L, Sugata S, Yoshino A, Takami A. Role of oxides of nitrogen in the ozone-cardiorespiratory visit association. Environ Pollut. 2023 Jan 15;317:120802. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120802.
【Peer reviewed】
Uttajug, A., Ueda, K., Honda, A. et al. Estimation of hospital visits for respiratory diseases attributable to PM10 from vegetation fire smoke and health impacts of regulatory intervention in Upper Northern Thailand. Sci Rep 12, 18515 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23388-2
Seposo XT. Comparison of Help-Seeking Consultations for Domestic Violence Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(8):e2229421. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.29421
Phung VLH, Uttajug A, Ueda K, Yulianti N, Latif MT, Naito D (2022) A scoping review on the health effects of smoke haze from vegetation and peatland fires in Southeast Asia: Issues with study approaches and interpretation. PLoS ONE 17(9): e0274433. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274433
Uttajug A, Ueda K, Seposo XT, Honda A, Takano H. Effect of a vegetation fire event ban on hospital visits for respiratory diseases in Upper Northern Thailand. Int J Epidemiol. 2022 May 9;51(2):514-524. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac005. Erratum in: Int J Epidemiol. 2022 Mar 30;: PMID: 35134940
Phung VLH, Oka K, Hijioka Y, Ueda K, Sahani M, Mahiyuddin WRW. Environmental variable importance for under-five mortality in Malaysia: A random forest approach. Sci Total Environ. 2022 Jul 12:157312. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157312
Michikawa T, Sasaki J, Yamazaki S, Takami A, Asakura K, Imamura H, Ueda K, Saito S, Hoshi J, Yoshino A, Sugata S, Nitta H, Nishiwaki Y. A Case-Crossover Analysis of the Association between Exposure to Total PM2.5 and Its Chemical Components and Emergency Ambulance Dispatches in Tokyo.Environ Sci Technol. 2022 Jun 7;56(11):7319-7327. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c08219
Inoue M, Hirabayashi M, Abe SK, Katanoda K, Sawada N, Lin Y, Ishihara J, Takachi R, Nagata C, Saito E, Goto A, Ueda K, Tanaka J, Hori M, Matsuda T; Cancer PAF Japan Collaborators. Burden of cancer attributable to modifiable factors in Japan in 2015.Glob Health Med. 2022 Feb 28;4(1):26-36. doi: 10.35772/ghm.2021.01037
Takebayashi T, Taguri M, Odajima H, Hasegawa S, Asakura K, Milojevic A, Takeuchi A, Konno S, Morikawa M, Tsukahara T, Ueda K, Mukai Y, Minami M, Nishiwaki Y, Yoshimura T, Nishimura M, Nitta H. Exposure to PM2.5 and Lung Function Growth in Pre- and Early-Adolescent Schoolchildren: A Longitudinal Study Involving Repeated Lung Function Measurements in Japan. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 May;19(5):763-772. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202104-511OC.
【Peer reviewed】
Hori M, Katanoda K, Ueda K, Nakaya T, Saito E, Abe SK, Hirabayashi M, Matsuda T, Inoue M; the Cancer PAF Japan Collaborators. Burden of cancer attributable to air pollution in Japan in 2015. GHM Open. 2021; 1(2):102-105. DOI: 10.35772/ghmo.2021.01021
Ohashi M, Kameda A, Kozan O, Kawasaki M, Iriana W, Tonokura K, Naito D, Ueda K. Correlation of Publication Frequency of Newspaper Articles with Environment and Public Health Issues in Fire Prone Peatland Regions of Riau in Sumatra, Indonesia. accepted in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications. 2021: 8, 307. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00994-5
Ou L, Honda A, Miyasaka N, Akaji S, Omori I, Ishikawa R, Li Y, Ueda K, Takano H. Application of three-dimensional Raman imaging to determination of the relationship between cellular localization of diesel exhaust particles and the toxicity. Toxicol Mech Methods. 2021 Nov 18:1-28. doi: 10.1080/15376516.2021.2008569.
Takebayashi T, Taguri M, Odajima H, Hasegawa S, Asakura K, Milojevic A, Takeuchi A, Konno S, Morikawa M, Tsukahara T, Ueda K, Mukai Y, Minami M, Nishiwaki Y, Yoshimura T, Nishimura M, Nitta H. Exposure to PM2.5 and Lung Function Growth in Pre- and Early Adolescent Schoolchildren. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Oct 21.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202104-511OC
Arai A, Khaltar A, Ozaki T, Katsumata Y. Influence of social interaction on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia over 1 year among long-term care facility residents. Geriatr Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr;42(2):509-516.
doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2020.09.008
【Report】
The Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia 2021. The imperative of climate action to promote and protect health in Asia. November 2021. https://www.interacademies.org/publication/imperative-climate-action-promote-and-protect-health-asia
【eBook】
Ueda K. 2021. "Yokkaichi Asthma: Health Effects of Air Pollutants in Japan." In Nakajima T, Nakamura K, Nohara K, Kondoh A (Eds.), Overcoming Environmental Risks to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals: Lessons from the Japanese Experience (pp. 39-46). Springer Nature.