About the Authors

Shuhei Nomura

Affiliation Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Stuart Gilmour

Affiliation Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Masaharu Tsubokura

Affiliations Division of Social Communication System for Advanced Clinical Research, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Minamisoma City General Hospital, Haramachi-ku, Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan

Daisuke Yoneoka

Affiliation Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Amina Sugimoto

Affiliation Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tomoyoshi Oikawa

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Minamisoma City General Hospital, Haramachi-ku, Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan

Masahiro Kami

Affiliation Division of Social Communication System for Advanced Clinical Research, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Shibuya

shibuyak@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SN SG MT. Performed the experiments: SN SG DY KS. Analyzed the data: SN SG DY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SN SG MT AS TO MK KS. Wrote the paper: SN SG KS.