Humidifier disinfectant lung injury, how do we approach the issues? [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2016 A large portion of the Korean population has been exposed to toxic humidifier disinfectants (HDs), and considering that the majority of the victims are infants, the magnitude of the damage is expected to be considerably larger than what has currently ...
Jihyun Emma Choi +7 more
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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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Early-life exposure to humidifier disinfectant determines the prognosis of lung function in children [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2019 Background Use of humidifier disinfectants (HD) at home leads to chemical airborne exposure, causing HD associated lung injury (HDLI) with high mortality. However, the lung function in children diagnosed with HDLI is not well studied. We investigated the
Hyun-Ju Cho +8 more
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Effects of Psychotherapy on the Problem Behaviors of Humidifier Disinfectant Survivors: The Role of Individual Characteristics and Adaptive Functioning [PDF]
Healthcare (Switzerland), 2023 Sang Min Lee, Min Joo Lee, Hun-Ju Lee
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Exploring Socio-Demographic Factors Affecting Psychological Symptoms in Humidifier Disinfectant Survivors [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Sang-Min Lee +2 more
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Distribution of Health Problems Associated with Humidifier Disinfectant by Year
Korean Journal of Environmental Health Sciences, 2016 Objectives: Studies are needed to examine the characteristics of health effects reported by people who used humidifier disinfectant (HD), including the distribution of victims. Methods: We analyzed the distribution of health effects including lung injury that were asserted by a total of 699 individu...
Dong-Uk Park
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Integrative multi‐omics approach for mechanism of humidifier disinfectant‐associated lung injury [PDF]
Clinical and Translational Medicine, 2021 Jeong‐Hyun Kim +14 more
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Misclassification and characterization of exposure to humidifier disinfectants using a questionnaire [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2021 Abstract Background Lung disease caused by exposure to chemical substances such as polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) used in humidifier disinfectants (HDs) has been identified in Korea. Several researchers reported that exposure classification using a questionnaire might not correlate with the clinical severity classes ...
Hyeonsu Ryu +9 more
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Humidifier disinfectant: 78 deaths and still in progress.
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2013 Yong Han Kim
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Relationship between Exposure to Household Humidifier Disinfectants and Risk of Lung Injury: A Family-Based Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 In South Korea, a cluster of acute lung disease patients included lung injury disease suspected of being caused by the use of humidifier disinfectants.
Dong-Uk Park +16 more
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