A comprehensive study of deaths due to exposure to humidifier disinfectant in Korea: focusing on medical records, assessment of exposure to humidifier disinfectants, and causes of death [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2021 OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine the characteristics of the deceased victims of deaths caused by exposure to humidifier disinfectants, and present the distribution of the victims’ data submitted for damage application, demographic characteristics ...
Yeong Jun Ju +5 more
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Health Effects Associated With Humidifier Disinfectant Use: A Systematic Review for Exploration. [PDF]
J Korean Med Sci, 2022 ope
Song JH +7 more
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Association between humidifier disinfectant exposure during infancy and subsequent neuropsychiatric outcomes during childhood: a nation-wide cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2021 Background The purpose was to determine the association between infant exposure to humidifier disinfectant (HD) with neuropsychiatric problems in pre-school children. Methods A total of 2,150 children (age 4–11 months) were enrolled in the Panel Study of
Ju Hee Kim +6 more
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An analysis of a humidifier disinfectant case from a toxicological perspective [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2016 An analysis of patients and fatalities due to exposure to polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) shows that PHMG causes mainly lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis. However, no research on the other organs has been conducted on this matter yet. So, an in-
Kwangsik Park
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Humidifier disinfectant lung injury, how do we approach the issues? [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2016 A large portion of the Korean population has been exposed to toxic humidifier disinfectants (HDs), and considering that the majority of the victims are infants, the magnitude of the damage is expected to be considerably larger than what has currently ...
Jihyun Emma Choi +7 more
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What must be done to prevent another humidifier disinfectant disaster? [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2016 The humidifier disinfectant disaster (HDD) was not a simple poisoning accident by biocides, but a singular disaster in history created by chemicals in household products.
Jong-Hyeon Lee
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Early-life exposure to humidifier disinfectant determines the prognosis of lung function in children [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2019 Background Use of humidifier disinfectants (HD) at home leads to chemical airborne exposure, causing HD associated lung injury (HDLI) with high mortality. However, the lung function in children diagnosed with HDLI is not well studied. We investigated the
Hyun-Ju Cho +8 more
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Evidence integration on health damage for humidifier disinfectant exposure and legal presumption of causation [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2023 OBJECTIVES Inhalation exposure to humidifier disinfectants has resulted to various types of health damages in Korea. To determine the epidemiological correlation necessary for presuming the legal causation, we aimed to develop a method to synthesize the ...
Mina Ha +10 more
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The humidifier disinfectant case and the legislative challenges of the 20th Congress [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2016 A number of absurdities surrounding the humidifier disinfectant (HD) incident may have occurred because 1) a judicial system operates on the underlying false assumption that the involved parties are equals in knowledge, information and resource ...
Taehyun Park
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Humidifier Disinfectant Consumption and Humidifier Disinfectant-Associated Lung Injury in South Korea: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Humidifier disinfectant (HD) is a household biocidal product used in humidifier water tanks to prevent the growth of microorganisms. In 2011, a series of lung injury cases of unknown causes emerged in children and pregnant women who had used HD in Korea.
Yoon J +6 more
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