Kyushu University Academic Staff Educational and Research Activities Database
Researcher information
Hirata Miyuki Last modified date:2012.7.1

Assistant Professor / Social Medicine
Department of Basic Medicine
Faculty of Medical Sciences


Graduate School
Undergraduate School


E-Mail
Phone
092-642-7376
Fax
092-642-7376
Academic Degree
Doctor of Medical Sciences
Field of Specialization
Hygiene
Outline Activities
research
indium toxicity, arsenic toxicity, antimony toxicity
biological monitaring of metal, Pharmacology of mesoporous carbon


education
teach hygiene to medical students and dental students

social activities
member of Fukuoka City Environmental Impact Assessment Advisory Council
member of Fukuoka Prefecture Building Review Council
school pharmaceutist of Kasumigaoka High School
school pharmaceutist of Hokozaki Junior High School
Research
Research Interests
  • health effects and biological monitaring of indium compounds
    metabolism and toxicity of indium compounds
    health effects and biological monitaring of antimony compounds
    health effects and biological monitaring of photovoltaic compounds

    keyword : toxicity , indium , antimony, photovoltaic
    1997.05~2014.03.
Academic Activities
Books
1. Handbook of raremetal. .
Reports
1. Exposure-effects and exposure-response relationship between indium exposure and urine indium. Availability of urine indium as biological monitoring for indium toxicity..
Papers
1. Akiyo Tanaka, Miyuki Hirata, Masaharu Shiratani, Kazunori Koga and Yutaka Kiyohara,Subacute pulmonary toxicity of copper indium gallium diselenide following intratracheal instillations into the lungs of rats,Journal of Occupational Health,Vol.54,No.3,pp.187-195,2012.03. .
2. Hiyoyuki Miyauchi, Aoi Minozoe, Shigeru Tanaka, Miyuki Hirata, Masahiro Nakaza, Heihachiro Arito, Yoko Eitaki, Makiko Nakano and Kazuyuki Omae,Assessment of workplace air concentrations of indium dust in an indium-recycling plant,Journal of occupational Health,Vol.54,No.2,pp.103-111,2012.02. .
3. Omae K, Nakano M, Tanaka A, Hirata M, Hamaguchi T, Chonan T,Indium lung - Case reports and epidemiology,Int Arch Occup Environ Health, online 01 October 2010,2010.10. .
4. Indium lung. .
5. Health effect and control of indium . .
6. T Hamaguchi, K Omae, T Takebayashi, Y Kikuchi, N Yoshioka, Y Nishiwaki, A Tanaka, M Hirata, O Taguchi, T Chonan,Exposure to hardly soluble indiumn compounds in ITO production and recycling plants is a new risk for interstitial lung damage,Occup Environ Med,65, 51-55,2008.01. .
7. A case report of indium lung injury found by clinical examination of indium. .
8. Fukai Y, Hirata M, Ueno M, Ichikawa N, kobayashi H, Saitoh H, Sakurai T, Kinoshita K, Kaise T,Clinical pharmacokinetic study of arsenic trioxide in an acute promyelocytic luekemia(APL) patient: Speciation of arsenic metabolites in serum and urine,Biol Parm. Bull,29(5), 1022-1027,2006.05. .
9. Lung damage caused by occupational exposure og indium. Leasion and diagnosis. .
Presentations
1. Health effects of indium.
2. Health effects of thin film solar cell element - Toxicity of indium compounds instilled intratracheally on animals -.
3. Hair indium of indium exposed workers.
4. Health effect of old metal and new metal.
5. Urinary indium of indium exposed workers.
6. Pulmonary toxicity of cadmium telluride intratracheally instilled into rats.
7. Absorption,distribution, metabolism and excretion of indium compound.
8. Absorption, distribution,metabolism and excretion of soluble indium compound.
9. Metabolism and pulmonary toxicity of solar cell consisted of copper-indium-gallium-diselenide following intratracheal instillations into the lungs of rats.
10. Autoantibody against granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-SCF) in heavily-exposed Japanese workers. 
11. Distribution of antimony following administration of antimony trioxide and antimony potassium tartrate via drinking water during 90days in rats. 
12. Effect of intratracheal instillaiton of indium oxide to acatalasemic mice. 
13. Effect of intratracheal instillation of Indium oxide to acatalasemic mice. 
14. Biological effects of indium nanoparticle . 
15. Biological monitaring of indium compounds: Outcomes of animal and epidemiological studies. 
16. The metabolism and biological effect of indium trichloride after a single intratracheal instillation in rats. 
17. Tissue distribution and excretion of indium trichloride after a single intratracheal instillation in rats. 
18. The exposure effects of indium compounds on the lungs. The difference of the effects between target workers and refinary/recycle workers. 
19. Changes in serum indium concentration from the final intratracheal instillation. 
20. Effect of intratracheal instillation of indium oxide to acatalasemic mice. 
21. Absorption, metabolism, and excreation of indium compounds. 
22. Four-year changes of effects of indium exposure on lungs - a Japanese indium cohort study -. 
23. Metal concentrations of the lung and serum following intratracheal instillation of CIGS in rats. 
24. Change of biomarkers in blood among indium refinary workers after improvement of working environment. 
25. Risk assessment of health effects of CIGS semiconductor solar cell. 2. Metal concentration in blood.. 
26. Adverse health effects of CIGS particlesafter intratracheal instillations to the lung of rats. 2. Metal concentration in blood. 
Membership in Academic Society
  • The Japanese Society for Hygiene, Japan Society for Occupational Heath, Japan Society for Biomedical Reserch on Trace Elements, Society of Indoor Environment, Japan
Educational
Educational Activities
teach hygiene to medical students and dental students
Social
Professional and Outreach Activities
member of Fukuoka Prefecture Building Review Council
member of Fukuoka City Environmental Inpact Assessment Advisory Council
school pharmacist of Kasumigaoka High School
school pharmacist of Hakozaki Jonior High School