Health Effects Associated With Humidifier Disinfectant Use: A Systematic Review for Exploration [PDF]
Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2022 Background 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.
Ji-Hun Song +7 more
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Comparison of repeated toxicity of polyhexamethyleneguanidine phosphate, a causative agent of humidifier disinfectant tragedy, in young and adult mice [PDF]
Sci RepSome drugs or chemicals exhibit different safety profiles in newborns/young children compared to adults. Polyhexamethyleneguanidine phosphate (PHMG-P) has been implicated in the humidifier disinfectant tragedy in 2011.
Jeongah Song +5 more
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Major concerns regarding lung injury and related health conditions caused by the use of humidifier disinfectant [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2016 A total of 221 patients were evaluated to be humidifier disinfectant associated with lung injury (HDLI) through two rounds of programs through April 2015. The humidifier disinfectant (HD) brands most often associated with HDLI were found to be Oxy (n=151,
Donguk Park
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Humidifier disinfectant disaster: what is known and what needs to be clarified [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2016 Objectives After the initial investigations by the Korea Centers for Disease Control in 2011, over 1000 suspicious cases of humidifier disinfectant (HD) victims were subsequently reported by 2015, and numbers are still increasing dramatically in 2016 in ...
Sungkyoon Kim, Domyung Paek
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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
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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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Humidifier disinfectant, sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC): assessment of respiratory effects to protect workers’ health [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 In South Korea, it has been found that biocides used to control and eliminate harmful organisms are used as humidifier disinfectants and cause lung disease in users.
DongSeok Seo, Yong-Hoon Lee, JiMin Jo
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Lung Transplantation for Chronic Humidifier Disinfectant-Associated Lung Injury [PDF]
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2016 In the spring of 2011, a cluster of lung injuries caused by humidifier disinfectant (HD) usage were reported in Korea. Many patients required mechanical ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and even lung transplantation (LTPL).
Won-Young Kim +8 more
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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.
Mi-Kyung Song +2 more
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Integrative multi‐omics approach for mechanism of humidifier disinfectant‐associated lung injury [PDF]
Clinical and Translational Medicine, 2021 Integrative multi-omics approach for mechanism of humidifier disinfectant-associated lung ...
Jeong‐Hyun Kim +14 more
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