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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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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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Association between humidifier disinfectant use duration and lung cancer development in Korea [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health
OBJECTIVES 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, Jeong-In Hwang, Su Hwan Kim, Hyungryul Lim, Dong-wook Lee, Woojoo Lee, Jong Hun Kim, Sol Yu, Jungyun Lim, Younghee Kim, Kyoung-Nam Kim   +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 Health
OBJECTIVES 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, Jun Woo Kim, Jong-Hyeon Lee, Younghee Kim, Jungyun Lim, Yong-Wook Baek, Sunkyoung Shin, Mina Ha, Hae-Kwan Cheong, Kyu Hyuck Chung,   +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 Health
OBJECTIVES 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, Kyoung Sook Jeong, Seungyeon Heo, Younghee Kim, Jungyun Lim, Sol Yu, Suejin Kim, Sun-Kyoung Shin, Hae-Kwan Cheong, Mina Ha, Epidemiology Expert Committee for Reviewing the Epidemiological Correlations between Humidifier Disinfectant Exposure and Health Effects   +10 more
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Estimating retrospective exposure of household humidifier disinfectants [PDF]

Indoor Air, 2015
We conducted a comprehensive humidifier disinfectant exposure characterization for 374 subjects with lung disease who presumed their disease was related to humidifier disinfectant use (patient group) and for 303 of their family members (family group) for an ongoing epidemiological study.
D U, Park, M C, Friesen, H S, Roh, Y Y, Choi, J J, Ahn, H K, Lim, S K, Kim, D H, Koh, H J, Jung, J H, Lee, H K, Cheong, S Y, Lim, J H, Leem, Y H, Kim, D M, Paek   +14 more
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Characteristics of a new respiratory syndrome associated with the use of a humidifier disinfectant: humidifier disinfectant-related respiratory syndrome (HDRS)

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, Joon-Sung Joh, Young-Seoub Hong, Jungwon Kim, Soyoung Park, Soyeoun Lim, Yangho Kim   +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, Soeun Hong, Yubin Jung, Hun-Ju Lee, Sang Min Lee   +4 more
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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, Kyunghee Han, Jeonggyo Yoon, Eun-Kyung Jo, Wonho Yang, Yoon-Hyeong Choi   +5 more
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Frequency of Humidifier and Humidifier Disinfectant Usage in Gyeonggi Provine

Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2012
This study is a cross-sectional study to investigate the frequency of humidifier and humidifier disinfectant usage in the general population.A questionnaire was applied to 94 subjects (46 male, 48 female) from the general population of Gyeonggi Province. The questionnaire consisted of 3 scales (general characteristics, 5 items about humidifier usage, 5
Jeon, Byoung-Hak, Park, Young Joon
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