わが国のみならず世界における職業性呼吸器病対策の数少ない専門家の一人である。職業性呼吸器病の画像分類を従来の胸部写真からCTへとつなぐ国際CTじん肺分類の開発に携わった。これを用いた広域の疫学研究を進めている。また、アスベスト関連悪性疾患である肺がん・中皮腫のスクリーニングに対してそれぞれ低線量CT検診と腫瘍マーカー検診について検討を行っている。米国NIOSH B reader。 また、現場のニーズに応じた産業医学的介入は、人間工学的手法を用いるなど単に疾病対策にとどまらず、生産性向上にも寄与するなど新しい視点から行っている。
■ 社会人・生徒を対象として可能な講演・授業(例えば講演題目)
・産業医学全般、衛生学・予防医学全般、感染症の疫学、国際保健
■ 研究業績(論文・解説)
Reduced serum levels of ALT and GGT and high carbohydrate intake among workers exposed to toluene below the threshold limit values.
Ind Health (Wang DH, Ishii K, Seno E, Yane S, Horike T, Yamamoto H, Suganuma N, Arimichi M, Taketa K.) 36/1, 14-9 1998 (大学・研究所等紀要)
Seroepidemiologic studies of hepatitis C virus infection in a population of Okayama Prefecture screened for liver disease.
Uesugi S, Taketa K, Rimal N, Ikeda S, Kariya T, Suganuma N, Yamamoto H, Kira S. (Acta Med Okayama) 53/1, 31-8 1999 (大学・研究所等紀要)
Asbestos-related pleural abnormlities detected by chest X-ray: Fari argument with detection by computed tomography.
Journal of Occuputional Health () 43:365-370/, 2001 (学術雑誌)
Risk analysis of the exposure to GB virus C/hepatitis G virus among populations of intravenous drug users, commercial sex workers and male outpatients at STD clinic in Chiang Mai, Thailand: a cross-sectional case-control study.
Acta Med Okayama (Suganuma N, Ikeda S, Taketa K, Wang DH, Yamamoto H, Phornphukutkul K, Peerakome S, Sitvacharanum K, Jittiwutikarn J.) 52/3, 161-7 1998 (大学・研究所等紀要)
Classification of computed tomography for pneumoconioses: In New Advances in Radiology and Screening of Asbestos-related Diseases (Tossavainen A, Lehtinen S, Huuskonen M, Rantanen J, eds)
Finish Institute of Occupational Health () 45-55/, 2000 (大学・研究所等紀要)
The Japanese classification of computed tomography for pneumoconioses with standard films: comarizon with the ILO International Classification of Rodiographics for pneumoconioses.
Journal of Occupational Health () 43:24-31/, 2001 (学術雑誌)
Epidemiological studies of coincidental outbreaks of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection and infectious gastroenteritis in Niimi City.
Acta Med Okayama (Tsumagari K, Yamamoto H, Suganuma N, Kato M, Ikeda S, Imai K, Kira S, Taketa K.) 54/6, 265-73 2000 (大学・研究所等紀要)
The Japanese Classification of Computed Tomography for Pneumoconioses with Standard Films: Comparison with the ILO International Classification of Radiographs for Pneumoconioses.
J Occup Health (Suganuma N, Kusaka Y, Hosoda Y, Shida H, Morikubo H, Nakajima Y, Akira M, Matsumoto T, Hiraga Y.) 43/1, 24-31 2001 (大学・研究所等紀要)
A randomized study of two long-course prednisolone regimens for nephrotic syndrome in children.
Am J Kidney Dis (Hiraoka M, Tsukahara H, Matsubara K, Tsurusawa M, Takeda N, Haruki S, Hayashi S, Ohta K, Momoi T, Ohshima Y, Suganuma N, Mayumi M.) 41/6, 1155-62 2003 (学術雑誌)
Differenctial responses of serum gamma-glutamyltransferase to alcohol intake in Japanese males.
Acta Med Okayama (Matsuka Y, Wang DH, Suganuma N, Imai K, Ikeda S, Taketa K, Kira S.) 57/4, 171-178 2003 (学術雑誌)
Differential seroprevalences of hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus among intravenous drug users, commercial sex workers and patients with sexually transmitted diseases in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Hepatol Res (Taketa K, Ikeda S, Suganuma N, Phornphutkul K, Peerakome S, Sitvacharanum K, Jittiwutikarn J.) 27/1, 6-12 2003 (学術雑誌)
Occupational allergy in medical doctors.
J Occup Health (Sato K, Kusaka Y, Suganuma N, Nagasawa S, Deguchi Y.) 46/, 165-70 2004 (学術雑誌)
Pleural disease in silicosis:pleural thickening, effusion, and invagination.
Radiology (Arakawa H, Honma K, Saito Y, Shida H, Morikubo H, Suganuma N, Fujioka M.) 236/, 685-693 2005 (学術雑誌)
Direct effect of CoC12 and NiCl2 on citrate uptake by the rat renal brush border membrane.
Ind Health (Sato K, Kusaka Y, Suganuma N, Akino H, Yokoyama O.) 43/3, 574-9 2005 (学術雑誌)
Prevention of upper respiratory tract infections by gargling: a randomized trial.
Am J Prev Med (Satomura K, Kitamura T, Kawamura T, Shimbo T, Watanabe M, Kamei M, Takano Y, Tamakoshi A, Ando M, Fukui T, Shimokata K, Yamada S, Takashima K, Suganuma N, Namai H, Komura Y, Baba H, Itoh H, Yoshihara M, Yamaguchi Y, Watanabe H, Iida N, Saeki S.) 29/4, 302-7 2005 (学術雑誌)
Selection of Reference films and reliability of a proposed Classification of HRCT for Pneumoconioses.
Int Arch Occup Environ Health (Suganuma N, Kusaka Y. Hering KG, Vehmas T, Kraus T, Parker JE, Shida H, Hosoda Y, Tuengerthal S, Kivisaari L, Gevenois PA, Letourneux M, Crane MD, Henry DA.) 79/, 472-6 2006 (学術雑誌)
Interactions among higher trait anxiety, sympathetic activity, and endothelial function in the elderly.
J Psychiatr Res (Narita K, Murata T, Hamada T, Takahashi T, Omori M, Suganuma N, Yoshida H, Wada Y.) /, 2006 (学術雑誌)
Physical work load affects the maximum oxygen uptake.
Ind Health (Hirai T, Kusaka Y, Suganuma N, Seo A, Tobita Y.) 44/, 250-7 2006 (学術雑誌)
Urinary creatinine excretion and protein/creatinine ratios vary by body size and gender in children.
Pediatr Nephrol (Mori Y, Hiraoka M, Suganuma N, Tsukahara H, Yoshida H, Mayumi M.) 21/5, 683-7 2006 (学術雑誌)
A flat-panel detector digital radiography and a storage phosphor computed radiography: screening for pneumoconiosis.
J Occup Health (Takashima Y, Suganuma N, Sakurazawa H, Itoh H, Hirano H, Shida H and Kusaka Y.) 49/1, 39-45 2007 (学術雑誌)
Chronic Interstitial Pneumonia in silicosis and non-fibrous silicate pneumoconiosis: Comparison with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by CT.
Chest (Arakawa H, Johkoh T, Saito Y, Honma K, Fukushima Y, Shida H, Suganuma N.) /, 2007 (学術雑誌)
Comparison of 18F-FDG PET and MRI in Assessment of Uterine Smooth Muscle Tumors.
J Nucl Med (Yoshida Y, Kurokawa T, Sawamura Y, Shinagawa A, Tsujikawa T, Okazawa H, Tsuchida T, Imamura Y, Suganuma N, Kotsuji F.) /, 2008 (学術雑誌) 10.2967/jnumed.107.047142
Progression from near normal to End-stage Lungs in Chronic Interstitial Pneumonia related to silica exposure: Long-term CT observations.
Am J Roentgenology (Arakawa H, Fujimoto K, Honma K, Suganuma N, Morikubo H, Saito Y, Shida H.) /, 2008 (学術雑誌)
Performance of integrated FDG-PET/contrast-enhanced CT in the diagnosis of recurrent ovarian cancer: comparison with integrated FDG-PET/non-contrast-enhanced CT and enhanced CT.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (Kitajima K, Murakami K, Yamasaki E, Domeki Y, Kaji Y, Fukasawa I, Inaba N, Suganuma N, Sugimura K.) /, 2008 (学術雑誌)
Accuracy of whole-body FDG-PET/CT for detecting brain metastases from non-central nervous system tumors.
Annals of nuclear medicine (Kitajima K, Nakamoto Y, Okizuka H, Onishi Y, Senda M, Suganuma N, Sugimura K.) 22/7, 595-602 2008 ()
Performance of integrated FDG-PET/contrast-enhanced CT in the diagnosis of recurrent uterine cancer: comparison with PET and enhanced CT.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (Kitajima K, Murakami K, Yamasaki E, Domeki Y, Kaji Y, Morita S, Suganuma N, Sugimura K.) (in press)/, 2008 (学術雑誌)
Anti-inflammatory effects on eosinophils of the essential oil from Yuzu (Citrus junos Tanaka) fruit.
Toxicology in vitro (Hirota R, Akimaru K, Nlandu NR, Nakamura H, Hee-Sun S, Sawamura M, Suganuma N.) (in press)/, 2008 (学術雑誌)
Reliability of the proposed international classification of high-resolution computed tomography for occupational and environmental respiratory diseases.
J Occup Health (Suganuma N, Kusaka Y, Hering KG, Vehmas T, Kraus T, Arakawa H, Parker JE, Kivisaari L, Letourneux M, Gevenois PA, Tuengerthal S, Crane MD, Shida H, Akira M, Henry DA, Nakajima Y, Hiraga Y, Itoh H, Hosoda Y) 51/, 210-222 2009 (学術雑誌)
Effect of a Two-hour Training on Physicians
J Occup Health (Ngatu NR, Suzuki S, Kusaka Y, Shida H, Akira M, Suganuma N) 52/5, 294-301 2010 (学術雑誌)
Application of the international classification of HRCT for occupational lung diseases: In The international classification of HRCT for occupational and environmental respiratory diseases (Kusaka Y, Hering KG, Parker JE, eds).(2005)