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position: Professor
Japan
I am an alumni of Jichi Medical University and have practiced in rural areas for 13 years. In 2003, I became a faculty of Department of Public Health, Uiversity of Tokyo. In 2009, I moved to Teikyo Unversity School of Medicine as the founding professor of Department of Community Medicine. You can look at my information at http://www.e-campus.gr.jp/staffinfo/public/staff/detail/1548/165. Sorry for Japanese, but you can see my work in English.
Articles contributed to by this person
Editorial 18 March 2011
Earthquake, tsunami, radiation leak, and crisis in rural health in Japan
Original Research 26 April 2012
Does the insufficient supply of physicians worsen their urban-rural distribution? A Hiroshima-Nagasaki comparison
Original Research 18 May 2009
Transition of physician distribution (1980-2002) in Japan and factors predicting future rural practice
Original Research 18 July 2008
Long-term effect of the Home Prefecture Recruiting Scheme of Jichi Medical University, Japan
Original Research 11 May 2012
Characteristics of physicians, their migration patterns and distance: a longitudinal study in Hiroshima, Japan
Review Article 7 June 2010
Retention of physicians in rural Japan: concerted efforts of the government, prefectures, municipalities and medical schools
Policy Report 24 September 2014
Non-physician communities in Japan: are they still disadvantaged?
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