Acknowledgement
We express our gratitude to Dr. Mika Takasumi, Dr. Yoshinori Okubo, and Dr. Takumi Yanagita at Fukushima Medical University Hospital for their advice regarding this study. Additionally, we wish to express our deep appreciation to Mr. Shogo Matsuda and Mr. Kiyoshi Ikeda from Forest-One Co. (Tokyo) and Mr. Akira Okaue and Mr. Yoshihiko Takahashi from Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science (Kanagawa) and for their support in this study.
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