Exploring Socio-Demographic Factors Affecting Psychological Symptoms in Humidifier Disinfectant Survivors [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 This study aimed to compare the psychological symptoms of humidifier disinfectant survivors to the general population and explore socio-demographic factors influencing survivors’ psychological symptoms.
Seung-Hun Ryu +2 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 ...
Dong-Uk Park, Jiwon Kim, Ju-Hyun Park
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New-Onset and Exacerbation of Lung Diseases after Short-Term Exposures to Humidifier Disinfectant during Hospitalization [PDF]
Toxics, 2022 (1) Background: Humidifier disinfectant (HD) is a biocidal chemical to keep the water tank inside a humidifier clean. Thousands of Koreans have experienced HD-related lung injuries. Of them, 6.9% were exposed to HD in hospitals.
Seula Lee +5 more
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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-Han Leem, Jong-Hyeon 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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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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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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Effects of psychological symptoms on life adjustment among survivors of humidifier disinfectants
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2023 Objectives The humidifier disinfectant catastrophe in South Korea was a social disaster caused by toxic chemical substances. The present study aimed to examine the relationships between psychological symptoms and adaptive life functioning in survivors of
Min Joo Lee +4 more
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Toxic hepatitis after exposure to humidifier disinfectant: A case series report [PDF]
Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology, 2023 Health damage from humidifier disinfectants is an unprecedented environmental health disaster. Humidifier disinfectants were used broadly in Korea from 1994 to 2011.
H. Kim, Hwan-Cheol Kim, J. Leem
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