Basic assessment on adding platelet measurement to legal health checkup in Japan: A cross-sectional and 20-year longitudinal study

• Main Authors: Kayoko Kasuya (Author), Kota Fukai (Author), Yuuya Watanabe (Author), Yuko Furuya (Author), Shoko Nakazawa (Author), Toru Honda (Author), Takeshi Hayashi (Author), Toru Nakagawa (Author), Masayuki Tatemichi (Author), Masaaki Korenaga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundIn Japan, health checkups for workers are legally compulsory. Considering legal health checkup items are important for Japanese workers' health problems. To date, the legal health checkup items for blood cell counts include only red blood cell counts and hemoglobin but not platelet co...