Acronyms and abbreviations
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Antimicrobial resistance
Alcohol Yakubutu Mondai Zenkoku Shimin Kyokai (Non-profit organisation to prevent alcohol and drug problems, and other addictions)
Body Mass Index
Dutch Club of Active Non-Smokers
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Computed tomography
Cerebrovascular disease
Disaster base hospitals
Daily dose per day
Disaster Health Emergency Assistance Team
Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis
Employee’s Health Insurance
Emergency Medical Information System
Electronic nicotine delivery systems
European Union
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Faecal occult blood test
Gross domestic product
Great East Japan Earthquake
Global Health Security Agenda
General practitioner
Canada’s Global Public Health Intelligence Network
H1N1 Flu Virus (Swine Flu)
The Health and Global Policy Institute
Human immunodeficiency virus
Health Japan 21
Health and Productivity Management
Human Papillomavirus
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Japan Nosocomial Infections Surveillance
Japan Society for the Study of Obesity
Japan Medical Association
Japan Medical Association Teams
Japan Exchange Group
Japanese Yen
Germany’s National Strategic Crisis Management Exercise
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Medical countermeasures
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Ministry of Health, Labour Welfare
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Non-communicable disease
National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases
Non-governmental organisation
United Kingdom National Health Service
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (United Kingdom)
National Institute of Public Health
United States National Lung Screening Trial
United Kingdom National Risk Assessment
Physical Education
Public Health Emergency of International Concern
particulate matter
Penicillin resistance Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Prostate-specific antigen
Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Socio-economic status
Tuberculosis
Tumour node metastasis
Tokyo Stock Exchange
United Nations
Unique patient identifier
World Health Organization