Humidifier Disinfectant Consumption and Humidifier Disinfectant-Associated Lung Injury in South Korea: A Nationwide Population-Based Study [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and 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.
Sung Hwan Jeong +2 more
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Multi-layer relationships between psychological symptoms and life adaptation among humidifier disinfectant survivors [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 In April 2011, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the results of an epidemiological investigation that an unknown cause of lung disease that occurred throughout Korea was caused by humidifier disinfectants.
Sang Min Lee, Min Joo Lee
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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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Characteristics of Exposure to Chloromethylisothiazolinone (CMIT) and Methylisothiazolinone (MIT) among Humidifier Disinfectant-Associated Lung Injury (HDLI) Patients in South Korea [PDF]
Molecules, 2020 This study aimed to quantify both chloromethylisothiazolinone (CMIT) and methylisothiazolinone (MIT) dissolved in different product brands and to characterize the exposure to these chemicals among humidifier disinfectant-associated lung injury (HDLI ...
Han Bin Oh, Jiwon Kim, Ju-Hyun Park
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Humidifier disinfectant-associated specific diseases should be called together as “humidifier disinfectant syndrome” [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2017 Humidifier disinfectant (HD) damage was terrible chemical damage caused by household goods that happened in only South Korea, but still very little is known in HD damage. Up to now, previous research tried to focus on interstitial fibrosis on terminal bronchioles and alveoli because it is a specific finding, compared with other diseases.
Jong-Hyeon Lee, Jong Han Leem
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Characteristics of the Molecular Weight of Polyhexamethylene Guanidine (PHMG) Used as a Household Humidifier Disinfectant [PDF]
Molecules, 2021 (1) Background: Household humidifier disinfectant (HD) brands containing polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) have been found to cause the most HD-associated lung injuries (HDLIs) in the Republic of Korea.
Han Bin Oh, Ju-Hyun Park, So-Yeon Lee
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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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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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Kathon Induces Fibrotic Inflammation in Lungs: The First Animal Study Revealing a Causal Relationship between Humidifier Disinfectant Exposure and Eosinophil and Th2-Mediated Fibrosis Induction [PDF]
Molecules, 2020 Currently available toxicity data on humidifier disinfectants are primarily limited to polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate-induced lung fibrosis.
Dong Im Kim, Dong Im Kim, Kyuhong Lee
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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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