Name: YOSHIDA Kikuo

Doctoral:  Doctor of Pharmacology

Research Subjects:

1. Development of method for screening human health risk based on minimum data set
2. Development of GIS-based system to refine spatio-specific exposure and risk assessment
3. Assessment and management of human health risk caused by lead compounds, xylenes and chromium compounds

Research fields:
Mathematical modeling (Environmental fate/transport, Pharmacokinetics, and Dose-response relationship), Uncertainty analysis in risk assessment

Research papers:
1. Yoshida, K., Ikeda, S., Nakanishi, J. (2000): Assessment of human health risk of dioxins in Japan. Chemosphere, 40: 177-185.

2. Yoshida, K., Ikeda, S., Nakanishi, J., Tsuzuki, N. (2001): Validation of modeling approach to evaluate congener-specific concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in air and soil near a solid waste incinerator. Chemosphere, 45: 1209-1217.

3. Yoshida, K., Nakanishi, J. (2003): Estimation of dioxin risk to Japanese from the past to the future. Chemosphere, 53: 427-436.

4. Maruyama, W., Yoshida, K., Tanaka, T. and Nakanishi, J. (2003): Simulation of dioxin accumulation in human tissues and analysis of reproductive risk. Chemosphere, 53: 301-313.

5. Maruyama, W., Yoshida, K., Aoki, Y. (2004): Dioxin health risk to infants using simulated tissue concentration. Environ. Toxicol. Pharmacol., 18:21-37.

6. Itoh, H., Yoshida, K., Masunaga, S. (2005): Evaluation of the effect of governmental control of human exposure to two phthalates in Japan using a urinary biomaker approach. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health, 208: 237-245.

7. Teguchi, N., Kamiko, N., Yoshida, K. (2005): Human health risk assessment of di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate. Environ. Science, 18: in press. [in Japanese]

8. Kamiko, N., Oyamada, H., Yoshida, K. (2005): Analysis of exposure pathways of di (2-ehtylhexyl) phthalate from the environmental emission source to human. Environ. Science, 18: in press. [in Japanese]

9. Oyamada, H., Teguchi, N., Naito, W., Yoshida, K. (2005): Estimation of di(2-ethyl- hexyl) phthalate emissions into the air. Environ. Science, 18: in press. [in Japanese]