About the Authors
- Hisashi Urushihara
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Yuko Doi
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Affiliation Ain Pharmaciez Inc., Tokyo, Japan
- Masaru Arai
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Affiliation Kraft Inc., Tokyo, Japan
- Toshiyuki Matsunaga
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Affiliation Kraft Inc., Tokyo, Japan
- Yosuke Fujii
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Affiliation Ain Pharmaciez Inc., Tokyo, Japan
- Naoko Iino
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Research and Informatics, Research Institute National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Takashi Kawamura
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Service, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Koji Kawakami
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* E-mail: kawakami.koji.4e@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Competing Interests
HU has been a consultant for Eli Lilly Japan. KK, YD and YF are full-time employees of Ain Pharmaciez Inc. MA and TM are full-time employees of Kraft Inc. The remaining authors declare that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HU YD KK. Analyzed the data: HU TK KK. Wrote the paper: HU YD MA TM YF NI. Acquisition of data: HU YD MA TM YF NI Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: HU TK KK.