Exposures to humidifier disinfectant and various health conditions in Korean based on personal exposure assessment data of claimants for compensation [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Humidifier disinfectants (HDs) were commonly used household chemicals to prevent microbial growth in a humidifier water tank in South Korea.
Myeongjin Hong +8 more
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Humidifier disinfectants, unfinished stories [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2016 Once released into the air, humidifier disinfectants became tiny nano-size particles, and resulted in chemical bronchoalveolitis. Families had lost their most beloved members, and even some of them became broken.
Yeyong Choi, Domyung Paek
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The humidifier disinfectant incident and the self-examination of environmental toxicology and public health experts [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2015 Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health is an environmental non-governmental organization that specializes in the Environment and Public Health sector. On December 21, at the 2015 Citizen’s Awards for Environment and Public Health, they awarded the Citizen’s Award to 3 members of the UK overseas protest group for victims of humidifier ...
Jong-Ju Ahn
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The past, present and future of humidifier disinfectant-associated interstitial lung diseases in children [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics, 2020 Exposure to environmental factors can cause interstitial lung diseases (ILDs); however, such types of ILDs are rare. From 2007 to 2011, an ILD epidemic occurred in South Korea owing to inhalational exposure to toxic chemicals in humidifier disinfectants (
Eun Lee, So-Yeon Lee, Soo-Jong Hong
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Association between humidifier disinfectant use duration and lung cancer development in Korea [PDF]
Epidemiology and HealthOBJECTIVES This study was conducted to assess the association between the duration of humidifier disinfectant use and lung cancer development. METHODS We analyzed data from 3,605 applicants registered for compensation from the Korean government due to ...
Sungchan Kang +10 more
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Toxicological evidence integration to confirm the biological plausibility of the association between humidifier disinfectant exposure and respiratory diseases using the AEP-AOP framework [PDF]
Epidemiology and HealthOBJECTIVES Exposure to humidifier disinfectants has been linked to respiratory diseases, including interstitial lung disease, asthma, and pneumonia. Consequently, numerous toxicological studies have explored respiratory damage as both a necessary and ...
Ha Ryong Kim +10 more
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Risk of non-cancer respiratory diseases attributed to humidifier disinfectant exposure in Koreans: age-period-cohort and differences-in-difference analyses [PDF]
Epidemiology and HealthOBJECTIVES Humidifier disinfectants (HDs) were sold in Korea from 1994 until their recall in 2011. We examined the incidence patterns of 8 respiratory diseases before and after the HD recall and estimated the attributable risk in the Korean population ...
Jaiyong Kim +10 more
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International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2020 Objectives The purpose of this study was to characterize a new respiratory syndrome associated with exposure to a humidifier disinfectant (HD) in South Korea that is distinct from the well-known HD-related lung injury (HDLI).
Jong Han Leem +6 more
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Toxic hepatitis after exposure to humidifier disinfectant: A case series report. [PDF]
Environ Anal Health Toxicol, 2023 Health damage from humidifier disinfectants is an unprecedented environmental health disaster. Humidifier disinfectants were used broadly in Korea from 1994 to 2011. Most studies have focused on respiratory problems because of the exposure route and primary respiratory symptoms. This overlooks the previous research results that humidifier disinfectants
Kim HD, Kim HC, Leem JH.
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Health Effects Associated With Humidifier Disinfectant Use: A Systematic Review for Exploration. [PDF]
J Korean Med Sci, 2022 It has been 10 years since the outbreak of lung disease caused by humidifier disinfectants in Korea, but the health effects have not yet been summarized. Therefore, this study aims to systematically examine the health effects of humidifier disinfectants that have been discovered so far.All literature with humidifier disinfectants and their ...
Song JH +7 more
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