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Chris Fook Sheng Ng
Associate Professor
Academic titleB.Sc., M.App.Stats., Ph.D.
InterestsEnvironmental Epidemiology, Atmospheric Environment, Air Pollution and Health, Environmental Statistics, Biostatistics
Dr. Chris Fook Sheng Ng is interested in the modeling of health risk functions associated with atmospheric exposures such as air pollution, wildfire smoke, desert dust, pollen, outdoor temperatures and rainfall. He is involved in multiple international collaborations to investigate the health effects of air pollution such as desert dust and smoke haze on human morbidity and mortality in different regions of the world.
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Education
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- 2008-2011
- Doctor of Philosopy in Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- 2003-2005
- Master of Applied Statistics (Distinction), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- 1999-2002
- Bachelor of Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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Academic Appointments
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- 2021 - present
- Associate Professor, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- 2018 - 2021
- Associate Professor, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Japan
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- 2018 - 2019
- Rutherford Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
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- 2015 - 2018
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan
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- 2013 - 2015
- JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Human Ecology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- 2011 - 2013
- Research Associate, Environmental Epidemiology Section, Center for Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
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Professional Service
- Government Officials
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- 2017
- 環境省 化学物質の人へのばく露量モニタリングに関するタスクフォース
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- 2017-2022
- 宇宙航空研究開発機構（JAXA）公衆衛生分野での地球観測衛星利用検討会
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- 2016-2022
- 環境省 化学オキシダントリスク評価手法検討作業部会
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Board Membership
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- 2023-
- PLOS ONE (Peer-Reviewed), Associate Editor
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- 2022-
- Frontiers in Epidemiology(Peer-Reviewed, Frontiers Media SA), Associate Editor
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- 2021-
- Tropical Medicine and Health（Peer-Reviewed, BioMed Central, BMC), Associate Editor
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- 2021/10-2021/12
- Health Effects Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Scientific Consultant
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- Yuan L, Madaniyazi L, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Ng CFS, Oka K, Chua PLC, Ueda K, Tobias A, Honda Y, Hashizume M. Non-optimal temperature-attributable mortality and morbidity burden by cause, age and sex under climate and population change scenarios: a nationwide modelling study in Japan. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 2024 Nov; 52: 101214
- Guo Q, Mistry MN, Zhou X, Zhao G, Kino K, Wen B, Yoshimura K, Satoh Y, Cvijanovic I, Kim Y, Ng CFS, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Armstrong B, Urban A, Katsouyanni K, Masselot P, Tong S, Sera F, Huber V, Bell ML, Kyselý J, Multi-Country Multi-City (MCC) Collaborative Research Network, Gasparrini A, Hashizume M, Oki T. Regional variation in the role of humidity on city-level heat-related mortality. PNAS Nexus. 2024 Aug; pgae290.
- GUO Q, Yuan L, Ng CFS, Hashizume M. Evaluating Japan's revised heat-health warning system in the face of recent escalating heat stress. Environmental Research Letters. 2024 April; 19 054002.
- Sassa M, Yoneoka D, Ng CFS, Cao A, Devanathan G, Hashizume M, Nomura S. A comprehensive assessment of deworming coverage among pregnant women in low- and middle- income countries, 2000-2030. Journal of Global Health. 2024; 14: 04002.
- Madaniyazi L, Armstrong B, Tobias A, Mistry MN, Bell ML, Urban A, Kyselý J, Ryti N, Cvijanovic I, Ng CFS, Roye D, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Tong S, Lavigne E, Íñiguez C, Silva SP, Madureira J, Jaakkola JJK, Sera F, Honda Y, Gasparrini A, Hashizume M, on behalf of the Multi-Country Multi-City Collaborative Research Network. Seasonality of mortality under climate change: a multicountry projection study. Lancet Planet Health. 2024 Feb;8(2): E86-E94.
- Mano Y, Yuan L, Ng CFS, Hashizume M. Association between ambient temperature and genitourinary emergency ambulance dispatches in Japan: A nationwide case-crossover study. Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 14;8(2):e298.
- Min J, Kang DH, Kang C, Bell ML, Kim H, Yang J, Gasparrini A, Lavigne E, Hashizume M, Kim Y, Ng CFS, Honda Y, das Neves Pereira da Silva S, Madureira J, Leon Guo Y, Pan SC, Armstrong B, Sera F, Masselot P, Schwartz J, Maria Vicedo-Cabrera A, Pyo Lee J, Al-Aly Z, Won Lee J, Kwag Y, Ha E, Lee W. Fluctuating risk of acute kidney injury-related mortality for four weeks after exposure to air pollution: A multi-country time-series study in 6 countries. Environ Int. 2023 Dec 2;183:108367.
- Yuan L, Madaniyazi L, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Honda Y, Ng CFS, Ueda K, Oka K, Tobias A, Hashizume M. A nationwide comparative analysis of temperature-related mortality and morbidity in Japan. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 Dec;131(12):127008.
- Kim Y, Oka K, Kawazu EC, Ng CFS, Seposo X, Ueda K, Hashizume M, Honda Y. Enhancing health resilience in Japan in a changing climate. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2023 Nov 15;40:100970.
- Chua PLC, Takane Y, Ng CFS, Oka K, Honda Y, Kim Y, Hashizume M. Net impact of air conditioning on heat-related mortality in Japanese cities. Environ Int. 2023 Nov;181:108310.
- Stafoggia M, Michelozzi P, Schneider A, Armstrong B, Scortichini M, Rai M, Achilleos S, Alahmad B, Analitis A, Åström C, Bell ML, Calleja N, Krage Carlsen H, Carrasco G, Paul Cauchi J, Dszs Coelho M, Correa PM, Diaz MH, Entezari A, Forsberg B, Garland RM, Leon Guo Y, Guo Y, Hashizume M, Holobaca IH, Íñiguez C, Jaakkola JJK, Kan H, Katsouyanni K, Kim H, Kyselý J, Lavigne E, Lee W, Li S, Maasikmets M, Madureira J, Mayvaneh F, Ng CFS, Nunes B, Orru H, V Ortega N, Osorio S, Palomares ADL, Pan SC, Pascal M, Ragettli MS, Rao S, Raz R, Roye D, Ryti N, Hn Saldiva P, Samoli E, Schwartz J, Scovronick N, Sera F, Tobias A, Tong S, Dlc Valencia C, Maria Vicedo-Cabrera A, Urban A, Gasparrini A, Breitner S, De' Donato FK. Joint effect of heat and air pollution on mortality in 620 cities of 36 countries. Environ Int. 2023 Oct 10:181:108258.
- Liu C, Chen R, Sera F, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Guo Y, Tong S, Lavigne E, Correa PM, Ortega NV, Achilleos S, Roye D, Jaakkola JJ, Ryti N, Pascal M, Schneider A, Breitner S, Entezari A, Mayvaneh F, Raz R, Honda Y, Hashizume M, Ng CFS, Gaio V, Madureira J, Holobaca IH, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Guo YL, Pan SC, Masselot P, Bell ML, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Gasparrini A, Kan H. Interactive effects of ambient fine particulate matter and ozone on daily mortality in 372 cities: two stage time series analysis. BMJ. 2023 Oct 4:383:e075203.
- Huang W, Li S, Vogt T, Xu R, Tong S, Molina T, Masselot P, Gasparrini A, Armstrong B, Pascal M, Royé D, Ng CFS, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Schwartz J, Lavigne E, Kan H, Goodman P, Zeka A, Hashizume M, Diaz MH, De la Cruz Valencia C, Seposo X, Nunes B, Madureira J, Kim H, Lee W, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Guo YL, Pan SC, Zanobetti A, Dang TN, Van Dung D, Geiger T, Otto C, Johnson A, Hales S, Yu P, Yang Z, Ritchie EA, Guo Y. Global short-term mortality risk and burden associated with tropical cyclones from 1980 to 2019: a multi-country time-series study. Lancet Planet Health. 2023 Aug;7(8):e694-e705.
- Rai M, Stafoggia M, de'Donato F, Scortichini M, Zafeiratou S, Vazquez Fernandez L, Zhang S, Katsouyanni K, Samoli E, Rao S, Lavigne E, Guo Y, Kan H, Osorio S, Kyselý J, Urban A, Orru H, Maasikmets M, Jaakkola JJK, Ryti N, Pascal M, Hashizume M, Ng CFS, Alahmad B, Hurtado Diaz M, De la Cruz Valencia C, Nunes B, Madureira J, Scovronick N, Garland RM, Kim H, Lee W, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Forsberg B, Åström C, Maria Vicedo-Cabrera A, Ragettli MS, Leon Guo YL, Pan SC, Li S, Gasparrini A, Sera F, Masselot P, Schwartz J, Zanobetti A, Bell ML, Schneider A, Breitner S. Heat-related cardiorespiratory mortality: Effect modification by air pollution across 482 cities from 24 countries. Environ Int. 2023 Apr;174:107825.
- Lwin KS, Tobías A, Chua PLC, Yuan L, Thawonmas R, Ith S, Htay ZW, Yu LS, Yamasaki L, Roqué M, Querol X, Fussell JC, Nadeau KC, Stafoggia M, Saliba NA, Ng CFS, Hashizume M. Effects of desert dust and sandstorms on human health: a scoping review. GeoHealth. 2023 Mar 1;7(3):e2022GH000728.
- O'Brien E, Masselot P, Sera F, Roye D, Breitner S, Ng CFS, de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho M, Madureira J, Tobias A, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Bell ML, MCC Collaborative Research Network. Short-Term Association between Sulfur Dioxide and Mortality: A Multicountry Analysis in 399 Cities. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 Mar;131(3):37002.
- Choi HM, Lee W, Roye D, Heo S, Urban A, Entezari A, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Zanobetti A, Gasparrini A, Analitis A, Tobias A, Armstrong B, Forsberg B, Íñiguez C, Åström C, Ng CFS, Indermitte E, Lavigne E, Mayvaneh F, Acquaotta F, Sera F, Orru H, Kim H, Kyselý J, Madueira J, Schwartz J, Jaakkola JJK, Katsouyanni K, Diaz MH, Ragettli MS, Hashizume M, Pascal M, Ryti N, Scovronick N, Osorio S, Tong S, Seposo X, Honda Y, Kim Y, Guo YL, Guo Y, Bell ML. Corrigendum to Effect modification of greenness on the association between heat and mortality: A multi-city multi-country study. EBioMedicine. 2023 Jan;87:104396.
- Seposo X, Ueda K, Ng CFS, Madaniyazi L, Sugata S, Yoshino A, Takami A. Roles of oxides of nitrogen in the ozone-cardiorespiratory visit association. Environmental Pollution. 2023 Jan 15;317:120802.
- Lin SY, Ng CFS, Kim Y, Htay ZW, Cao AQ, Pan R, Hashizume M. Ambient temperature and nervous system diseases-related mortality in Japan from 2010 to 2019: A time-stratified case-crossover analysis. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Jan 6;867:161464.
- Nishikawa H, Seposo XT, Madaniyazi L, Kim Y, Tobías A, Yamagami M, Kim SE, Takami A, Sugata S, Honda Y, Ueda K, Hashizume M, Ng CFS. Long-term trends in mortality risk associated with short-term exposure to air pollution in 10 Japanese cities between 1977 and 2015. Environ Res. 2022 Dec 20;219:115108.
- Nottmeyer L, Armstrong B, Lowe R, Abbott S, Meakin S, O'Reilly K, von Borries R, Schneider R, Royé D, Hashizume M, Pascal M, Tobias A, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Lavigne E, Correa PM, Ortega NV, Kynčl J, Urban A, Orru H, Ryti N, Jaakkola J, Dallavalle M, Schneider A, Honda Y, Ng CFS, Alahmad B, Carrasco G, Holobâc IH, Kim H, Lee W, Íñiguez C, Bell ML, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Scovronick N, Coélho MSZS, Saldiva PHN, Diaz MH, Gasparrini A, Sera F. The association of COVID-19 incidence with temperature, humidity, and UV radiation – A global multi-city analysis. Sci Total Environ. 2022 Sep 7;854:158636.
- Toizumi M, Satoh C, Quilty BJ, Nguyen HAT, Madaniyazi L, Le LT, Ng CFS, Hara M, Iwasaki C, Takegata M, Kitamura N, Nation ML, Satzke C, Kumai Y, Do HT, Bui MX, Mulholland K, Flasche S, Dang DA, Kaneko K, Yoshida LM. Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on prevalence of otitis media with effusion among children in vietnam. Vaccine. 2022, 40(36): 5366-5375.
- Liu C, Cai J, Chen R, Sera F, Guo Y, Tong S, Li S, Lavigne E, Correa PM, Ortega NV, Orru H, Maasikmets M, Jaakkola JJK, Ryti N, Breitner S, Schneider A, Katsouyanni K, Samoli E, Hashizume M, Honda Y, Ng CFS, Diaz MH, Valencia CC, Rao S, Palomares AD, Silva SPD, Madureira J, Holobâc IH, Fratianni S, Scovronick N, Garland RM, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Forsberg B, Åström C, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Ragettli MS, Guo YL, Pan SC, Milojevic A, Bell ML, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Gasparrini A, Kan H. Coarse particulate air pollution and daily mortality: a global study in 205 cities. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Oct 15;206(8):999-1007.
- Tasmin S, Ng CFS, Stickley A, Yasumoto S, Watanabe C. Acute effects of ambient temperature on lung function of a panel of school children living in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Science of the Total Environment. 2022; 838: 156139.
- Nwe KM, Ngwe Tun MM, Myat TW, Ng CFS, Htun MM, Lin H, Hom NS, Soe AM, Elong Ngono A, Hamano S, Morita K, Thant KZ, Shresta S, Thu HM, Moi ML. Acute-phase serum cytokine levels and correlation with clinical outcomes in children and adults with primary and secondary dengue virus infection in myanmar between 2017 and 2019. Pathogens. 2022, 11(5): 558.
- Yasuda I, Suzuki M, Maeda H, Terada M, Sando E, Ng CFS, Otomaru H, Yoshida LM, Morimoto K. Respiratory virus detection in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic, community-dwelling older people. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2022, 22: 411.
- Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Madaniyazi L, Seposo X, Salazar MA, Huber V, Hashizume M. Projecting temperature-attributable mortality and hospital admissions due to enteric infections in the Philippines. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 Feb;130(2):27011.
- Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Tobias A, Seposo XT, Hashizume M. Associations between ambient temperature and enteric infections by pathogen: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Planetary Health. 2022 Mar;6(3):e202-e218.
- Madaniyazi L, Jung CR, Ng CFS, Seposo X, Hashizume M, Nakayama SF, Japan Environment and Children's Study Group. Early life exposure to indoor air pollutants and the risk of neurodevelopmental delays: The Japan environment and children's study. Environ Int. 2022 Jan;158:107004.
- Madaniyazi L, Armstrong B, Chung Y, Ng CFS, Seposo X, Kim Y, Tobias A, Guo Y, Sera F, Honda Y, Gasparrini A, Hashizume M. Multi-country Multi-city (MCC) Collaborative Research Network. Seasonal variation in mortality and the role of temperature: a multi-country multi-city study. Int J Epidemiol. 2022 Feb 18;51(1):122-133.
- Seposo X, Madaniyazi L, Ng CFS, Hashizume M, Honda Y. COVID-19 pandemic modifies temperature and heat-related illness ambulance transport association in Japan: a nationwide observational study. Environ Health. 2021 Dec 2;20(1):122.
- Yasuda I, Saito N, Suzuki M, Umipig DV, Solante RM, Guzman F, Sayo AR, Yasunami M, Koizumi N, Kitashoji E, Sakashita K, Ng CFS, Smith C, Ariyoshi K. Unique characteristics of new complete blood count parameters, the immature platelet fraction and the immature platelet fraction count, in dengue patients. PLoS One. 2021 Nov 1;16(11):e0258936.
- Kim Y, Park EH, Ng CFS, Chung Y, Hashimoto K, Tashiro K, Hasunuma H, Doi M, Tamura K, Moriuchi H, Nishiwaki Y, Kim H, Yi SM, Kim H, Hashizume M. Respiratory function declines in children with asthma associated with chemical species of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Nagasaki, Japan. Environ Health. 2021 Oct 21;20(1):110.
- Masselot P, Sera F, Schneider R, Kan H, Lavigne É, Stafoggia M, Tobias A, Chen H, Burnett RT, Schwartz J, Zanobetti A, Bell ML, Chen BY, Leon Guo YL, Ragettli MS, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Åström C, Forsberg B, Íñiguez C, Garland RM, Scovronick N, Madureira J, Nunes B, De la Cruz Valencia C, Hurtado Diaz M, Honda Y, Hashizume M, Ng CFS, Samoli E, Katsouyanni K, Schneider A, Breitner S, Ryti NRI, Jaakkola JJK, Maasikmets M, Orru H, Guo Y, Valdés Ortega N, Matus Correa P, Tong S, Gasparrini A. Differential mortality risks associated with PM2.5 components: a multi-country, multi-city study. Epidemiology. 2022 Mar 1;33(2):167-175.
- Onozuka D, Tanoue Y, Nomura S, Kawashima T, Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Ng CFS, Matsuura K, Shi S, Makiyama K, Uryu S, Kawamura Y, Takayanagi S, Gilmour S, Hayashi TI, Miyata H, Sera F, Sunagawa T, Takahashi T, Tsuchihashi Y, Kobayashi Y, Arima Y, Kanou K, Suzuki M, Hashizume M. Reduced mortality during the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan, 2020: a two-stage interrupted time-series design. Int J Epidemiol. 2022 Feb 18;51(1):75-84.
- Sera F, Armstrong B, Abbott S, Meakin S, O'Reilly K, von Borries R, Schneider R, Royé D, Hashizume M, Pascal M, Tobias A, Vicedo-Cabrera AM; MCC Collaborative Research Network; CMMID COVID-19 Working Group, Gasparrini A, Lowe R. A cross-sectional analysis of meteorological factors and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in 409 cities across 26 countries. Nat Commun. 2021 Oct 13;12(1):5968.
- Madaniyazi L, Seposo X, Ng CFS, Tobias A, Toizumi M, Moriuchi H, Yoshida LM, Hashizume M. Respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks are predicted after the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, Japan. Jpn J Infect Dis. 2022 Mar 24;75(2):209-211.
- Tobías A, Hashizume M, Honda Y, Sera F, Ng CFS, Kim Y, Roye D, Chung Y, Dang TN, Kim H, Lee W, Íñiguez C, Vicedo-Cabrera A, Abrutzky R, Guo Y, Tong S, Coelho MSZS, Saldiva PHN, Lavigne E, Correa PM, Ortega NV, Kan H, Osorio S, Kyselý J, Urban A, Orru H, Indermitte E, Jaakkola JJK, Ryti NRI, Pascal M, Huber V, Schneider A, Katsouyanni K, Analitis A, Entezari A, Mayvaneh F, Goodman P, Zeka A, Michelozzi P, de'Donato F, Alahmad B, Diaz MH, De la Cruz Valencia C, Overcenco A, Houthuijs D, Ameling C, Rao S, Di Ruscio F, Carrasco G, Seposo X, Nunes B, Madureira J, Holobaca IH, Scovronick N, Acquaotta F, Forsberg B, Åström C, Ragettli MS, Guo YL, Chen BY, Li S, Colistro V, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Dung DV, Armstrong B, Gasparrini A. Geographical variations of the minimum mortality temperature at a global scale: A multicountry study. Environmental Epidemiology. 2021 Sep 24;5(5):e169.
- Nishikawa H, Ng CFS, Madaniyazi L, Seposo XT, Dhoubhadel BG, Pokhrel D, Pokhrel AK, Verma SC, Shrestha D, Raya GB, Hashizume M. Ambient PM2.5 and daily hospital admission for acute respiratory infections: effect modification by weight status of children. Atmosphere. 2021;12:1009.
- Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Rivera AS, Salva EP, Salazar MA, Huber V, Hashizume M. Association between ambient temperature and severe diarrhoea in the national capital region, Philippines. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 2;18(15):8191.
- Madaniyazi L, Chung Y, Kim Y, Tobias A, Ng CFS, Seposo X, Guo Y, Honda Y, Gasparrini A, Armstrong B, Hashizume M. Seasonality of mortality under a changing climate: a time-series analysis of mortality in Japan between 1972 and 2015. Environ Health Prev Med. 2021;26(1):69.
- Madaniyazi L, Ng CFS, Seposo X, Toizumi M, Yoshida LM, Honda Y, Armstrong B, Hashizume M. Role of temperature, influenza and other local characteristics in seasonality of mortality: a population-based time-series study in Japan. BMJ Open. 2021;11(7):e044876.
- Chua PLC, Huber V, Ng CFS, Seposo XT, Madaniyazi L, Hales S, Woodward A, Hashizume M. Global projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to enteric infections: a modelling study. Lancet Planet Health. 2021;5(7):e436-e445.
- Seposo X, Ng CFS, Madaniyazi L. Immediate and delayed meteorological effects on COVID-19 time-varying infectiousness in Tropical Cities. Atmosphere. 2021; 12: 513.
- Tobias A, Madaniyazi L, Ng CFS, Seposo X, Hashizume M. Can SARS-CoV-2 global seasonality determined after one year of pandemic? Environ Epidemiol. 2021;5(2):e146.
- Meng X, Liu C, Chen R, Sera F, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Milojevic A, Guo Y, Tong S, Coelho MSZS, Saldiva PHN, Lavigne E, Correa PM, Ortega NV, Osorio S, Garcia, Kyselý J, Urban A, Orru H, Maasikmets M, Jaakkola JJK, Ryti N, Huber V, Schneider A, Katsouyanni K, Analitis A, Hashizume M, Honda Y, Ng CFS, Nunes B, Teixeira JP, Holobaca IH, Fratianni S, Kim H, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Forsberg B, Åström C, Ragettli MS, Guo YL, Pan SC, Li S, Bell ML, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Wu T, Gasparrini A, Kan H. Short term associations of ambient nitrogen dioxide with daily total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality: multilocation analysis in 398 cities. BMJ. 2021;372:n534.
- Kabir AF, Ng CFS, Yasumoto S, Hayashi T, Watanabe C. Effect of ambient temperature on daily nebulized asthma hospital visits in a tropic city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Jan 20;18(3):890.
- Uryu S, Tanoue Y, Nomura S, Matsuura K, Makiyama K, Kawashima T, Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Kawamura Y, Gilmour S, Sakamoto H, Shimizu K, Ng CFS, Hashizume M. Trends in emergency transportation due to heat illness under the new normal lifestyle in the COVID-19 era, in Japan and 47 prefectures. Sci Total Environ. 2021;768:144723.
- Kawashima T, Nomura S, Tanoue Y, Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Ng CFS, Matsuura K, Shi S, Makiyama K, Uryu S, Kawamura Y, Takayanagi S, Gilmour S, Miyata H, Sunagawa T, Takahashi T, Tsuchihashi Y, Kobayashi Y, Arima Y, Kanou K, Suzuki M, Hashizume M. Excess all-cause deaths during coronavirus disease pandemic, Japan, January–May 2020. Emerg Infect Dis 2021;27(3):789-795.
- Nomura S (co-first), Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Ng CFS, Matsuura K, Shi S, Makiyama K, Uryu S, Kawamura Y, Takayanagi S, Gilmour S, Miyata H, Sunagawa T, Takahashi T, Tsuchihashi Y, Kobayashi Y, Arima Y, Kanou K, Suzuki M, Hashizume M . Excess all-cause deaths during Coronavirus disease pandemic, Japan, January-May 2020. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021;27(3):789-795.
- Ng CFS, Seposo XT, Moi ML, Tajudin MABA, Madaniyazi L, Sahani M. Characteristics of COVID-19 epidemic and control measures to curb transmission in Malaysia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 Dec;101:409-411.
- Hsai NM, Matsui M, Ng CFS, Khaing CT, Imoto A, Sayed AM, Huy NT, Kamiya Y, Moji K. Satisfaction of pregnant women with antenatal care services at women and children hospital in south okkalapa, myanmar: a facility-based cross-sectional study triangulated with qualitative study. Patient Preference and Adherence. 2020 Dec 18;14:2489-2499.
- Hashizume M, Kim Y, Ng CFS, Chung Y, Madaniyazi L, Bell ML, Guo YL, Kan H, Honda Y, Yi SM, Kim H, Nishiwaki Y. Health effects of Asian dust: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environ Health Perspect. 2020;128(6):66001.
- Sim K, Kim Y, Hashizume M, Gasparrini A, Armstrong B, Sera F, Ng CFS, Honda Y, Chung Y. Nonlinear temperature-suicide association in Japan from 1972 to 2015: Its heterogeneity and the role of climate, demographic, and socioeconomic factors. Environ Int. 2020;142:105829.
- Nguyen CT, Moi ML, Le TQM, Nguyen TTT, Vu TBH, Nguyen HT, Pham TTH, Le THT, Nguyen LMH, Phu Ly MH, Ng CFS, Takemura T, Morita K, Hasebe F. Prevalence of zika virus neutralizing antibodies in healthy adults in vietnam during and after the zika virus epidemic season: a longitudinal population-based survey. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2020 May 11;20(1):332.
- Shimmei K, Nakamura T, Ng CFS, Hashizume M , Murakami Y, Maruyama A, Misaki T, Okabe N, Nishiwaki Y. Association between seasonal influenza and absolute humidity: time-series analysis with daily surveillance data in Japan. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):7764.
- Vicedo-Cabrera, AM, Sera F, Liu C, Armstrong B, Milojevic A, Guo Y, Tong S, Lavigne E, Kyselý J, Urban A, Orru H, Indermitte E, Pascal M, Huber V, Schneider A, Katsouyanni K, Samoli E, Stafoggia M, Scortichini M, Hashizume M, Honda Y, Ng CFS, Hurtado-Diaz M, Cruz J, Silva S, Madureira J, Scovronick N, Garland RM, Kim H, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Forsberg B, Åström C, Ragettli MS, Röösli M, Guo YLL, Chen BY, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Bell ML, Kan H, Gasparrini A. Short term association between ozone and mortality: global two stage time series study in 406 locations in 20 countries. BMJ. 2020;368: m108.
- Kim Y, Kim H, Gasparrini A, Armstrong B, Honda Y, Chung Y, Ng CFS, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Lavigne E, Sera F, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Ragettli MS, Scovronick N, Acquaotta F, Chen BY, Guo YLL, Seposo X, Dang TN, Coelho MSZS, Saldiva PHN, Kosheleva A, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Bell ML, Hashizume M. Suicide and ambient temperature: a multi-city multi-country study. Environ Health Perspect. 2019;127(11):117007.
- Matsushita N, Kim Y, Ng CFS, Moriyama M, Igarashi T, Yamamoto K, Otieno W, Minakawa N, Hashizume M. Differences of rainfall-malaria associations in lowland and highland in Western Kenya. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(19):3693.
- Ng CFS, Hashizume M, Obase Y, Doi M, Tamura K, Tomari S, Kawano T, Fukushima C, Matsuse H, Chung Y, Kim Y, Kunimitsu K, Kohno S, Mukae H. Associations of chemical composition and sources of PM2.5 with lung function of severe asthmatic adults in a low air pollution environment of urban Nagasaki, Japan. Environ Pollut. 2019;252(Pt A):599-606.
- Tasmin S, Ng CFS, Stickley A, Md N, Saroar G, Yasumoto S, Watanabe C. Effects of short-term exposure to ambient particulate matter on the lung function of school children in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Epidemiology. 2019 Jul;30 Suppl 1:S15-S23.
- Khan R, Konishi S, Ng CFS, Umezaki M, Kabir AF, Tasmin S, Watanabe C. Association between short-term exposure to fine particulate matter and daily emergency room visits at a cardiovascular hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Science of the Total Environment. 2019 Jan 1;646:1030-1036.
- Stickley A, Ng CFS, Watanabe C, Inoue Y, Koyanagi A, Konishi S. General thoughts of death and mortality: findings from the Komo-Ise cohort, Japan. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 2019 Dec;28(6):662-669.
- Kim Y, Ratnam JV, Doi T, Morioka Y, Behera S, Tsuzuki A, Minakawa N, Sweijd N, Kruger P, Maharaj R, Imai CC, Ng CFN, Chung Y, Hashizume M. Malaria predictions based on seasonal climate forecasts in South Africa: a time series distributed lag nonlinear model. Sci Rep. 2019;9(1):17882.
- Onozuka D, Gasparrini A, Sera F, Hashizume M, Honda Y. Modeling future projections of temperature-related excess morbidity due to infectious gastroenteritis under climate change conditions in Japan. Environ Health Perspect. 2019;127(7):77006.
- Chung Y, Yang DW, Gasparrini A, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Ng CFS, Kim Y, Honda Y, Hashizume M. Changing susceptibility to non-optimum temperatures in Japan, 1972-2012: the role of climate, demographic and socio-economic factors. Environ Health Perspect. 2018;126(5):057002.
- Matsushita N, Ng CFS, Kim Y, Suzuki M, Saito N, Ariyoshi K, Salva EP, Dimaano EM, Villarama JB, Go WS, Hashizume M. The non-linear and lagged short-term relationship between rainfall and leptospirosis and the intermediate role of floods in the Philippines. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018;12(4): e0006331.
- Kim Y, Ng CFS, Chung Y, Kim H, Honda Y, Guo YL, Lim YH, Chen BY, Page LA, Hashizume M. Air pollution and suicide in 10 cities in northeast Asia: A time-stratified case-crossover analysis. Environ Health Perspect. 2018;126(3):037002.
- Konishi S, Sakata S, Ng CFS, Watanabe C. Conception delay and spontaneous and indicated preterm birth among primiparous women in Japan. Journal of Health and Human Ecology. 2018; 84(4): 117-128.
- Konishi S, Ng CFS, Watanabe C. U-shaped association between fertility and mortality in a community-based sample of Japanese women. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2018 Apr;72(4):337-341.
- Sakata S, Konishi S, Ng CFS, Watanabe C. Preterm birth rates in Japan from 1979 to 2014: analysis of national vital statistics. The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research. 2018 Mar;44(3):390-396.
- Kim Y, Gasparrini A, Hashizume M, Honda Y, Ng CFS, Armstrong B. Heat-related mortality in Japan after the 2011 Fukushima disaster: An analysis of potential influence of reduced electricity consumption. Environ Health Perspect. 2017;125(7):077005.
- Sakata S, Konishi S, Ng CFS, Kishikawa R, Watanabe C. Association of asian dust with daily medical consultations for pollinosis in Fukuoka city, Japan. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 2017 Apr 4;22(1):25.
- Stickley A, Ng CFS, Konishi S, Koyanagi A, Watanabe C. Airborne pollen and suicide mortality in Tokyo, 2001-2011. Environmental Research. 2017 May;155:134-140.
- Ng CFS, Boeckmann M, Ueda K, Zeeb H, Nitta H, Watanabe C, Honda Y. Heat-related mortality: effect modification and adaptation in Japan from 1972 to 2010. Global Environmental Change. 2016; 39: 234–243.
- Goto D, Ueda k, Ng CFS, Takami A, Ariga T, Matsuhashi K, Nakajima T. Estimation of excess mortality due to long-term exposure to PM2.5 in Japan using a high-resolution model for present and future scenarios. Atmospheric Environment. 2016; 140: 320–332.
- Ng CF, Stickley A, Konishi S, Watanabe C. Ambient air pollution and suicide in Tokyo, 2001-2011. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2016; 201: 194–202.
- Fillman T, Shimizu-Furusawa H, Ng CFS, Parajuli RP, Watanabe C. Association of cadmium and arsenic exposure with salivary telomere length in adolescents in Terai, Nepal. Environmental Research. 2016; 149: 8–14.
- Stickley A, Ng CFS, Inoue Y, Yazawa A, Koyanagi A, Kodaka M, DeVylder JE, Watanabe C. Birthdays are associated with an increased risk of suicide in Japan: evidence from 27,007 deaths in Tokyo in 2001- 2010. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2016; 200: 259–265.
- Konishi S, Ng CFS, Stickley A, Watanabe C. Pollinosis and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and elderly Japanese: a population-based cohort study. Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 2016; 46, 1083–1089.
- Ng CFS, Matsuyama Y, Ohashi Y. Case-only method to estimate the relative incidence of adverse events for comparison of two treatments: application in disseminated intravascular coagulation patients. Japanese Journal of Biometrics. 2015; 36(1): 13–24.
- Nakajima T, Imasu R, Takami A, Goto D, Tsuruta H, Uchida J, Dai T, Misawa,S, Ueda K, Ng CFS, Watanabe C, Konishi S, Sato Y, Higuchi A, Masutomi Y, Murakami A, Tsuchiya K, Kondo H, Niwa Y, Yoshimura K, Ohara T, Morino Y, Nick S, Sudo K, Takemura T, Inoue T, Arai Y, Murata R, Yonemoto R, Ngoc Thi T, Uematsu M, Satoh M, Tomita H, Yashiro H, Masayuki H. Development of seamless chemical assimilation system and its application for atmospheric environmental materials. Journal of the Japan Society for Simulation Technology. 2015; 34(2): 104-114.
- Goto D, Dai T, Satoh M, Tomita H, Uchida J, Misawa S, Inoue T, Tsuruta H, Ueda K, Ng CFS, Takami A, Sugimoto N, Shimizu A, Ohara T, Nakajima T. Application of a global nonhydrostatic model with a stretched-grid system to regional aerosol simulations around Japan. Geosci Model Dev. 2015; 8: 235–259.
- Shinsugi C, Stickley A, Konishi S, Ng CFS, Watanabe C. Seasonality of child and adolescent injury mortality in Japan, 2000-2010. Environ Health Prev Med. 2014; 20(1): 36–43.
- Konishi S, Ng CFS, Stickley A, Nishihata S, Shinsugi C, Ueda K, Takami A, Watanabe C. Particulate matter modifies the association between airborne pollen and daily medical consultations for pollinosis in Tokyo. Science of the Total Environment. 2014; 499: 125–132.
- Ng CFS, Ueda K, Takeuchi A, Nitta H, Konishi S, Bagrowicz R, Watanabe C, Takami A. Socio-geographic variation in the effects of heat and cold on daily mortality in Japan. Journal of Epidemiology. 2014;24(1):15-24.
- Ng CFS, Ueda K, Ono M, Nitta H, Takami A. Characterizing the effect of summer temperature on heat-stroke-related emergency ambulance dispatches in the Kanto area of Japan. International Journal of Biometeorology. 2014 Jul;58(5):941-8.
- Ng CFS, Ueda K, Nitta H, Takeuchi A. Seasonal variation in the acute effects of ozone on premature mortality among elderly Japanese. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2013 Oct;185(10):8767-76.
- Ueda K, Ng CFS, Nitta H. The health effects of photochemical oxidant: results of 20 cities study and overseas findings. Journal of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment. 2012; 47(1): A9–A11.
- Ng CFS, L C S, R Ismail, Lian H T, Christina P L. Clinicians’ diagnostic practice of dengue infections. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2007 Nov;40(3):202-6.