Evaluation report on the causal association between humidifier disinfectants and lung injury [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2016 OBJECTIVES: As of November 2011, the Korean government recalled and banned humidifier disinfectants (HDs) from the market, because four case-control studies and one retrospective epidemiological study proved the association between HDs and lung injury of
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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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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 ...
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Author Correction: Humidifier disinfectant, sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC): assessment of respiratory effects to protect workers’ health [PDF]
Scientific ReportsDongSeok Seo, Yong-Hoon Lee, JiMin Jo
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Epidemiologic research on lung damage caused by humidifier disinfectants [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2016 In April 2011 a tertiary hospital located in Seoul, Korea reported several cases of severe respiratory distress of unknown origin in young adults. To find the route of transmission, causative agent and patient risk factors of the outbreak, an investigation of the epidemic was initiated. A hospital based case-control study was conducted to indicate that
Moo-Song Lee, Hwa Jung Kim
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Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Insomnia or Other Psychiatric Symptoms among Humidifier Disinfectant Victims [PDF]
Sleep Medicine Research, 2018 Background and Objective In South Korea, numerous people have died of lung injury from humidifier disinfectant. The objective of this study was to explore the association between cognitive emotion regulation strategies for victims of humidifier ...
Seockhoon Chung +6 more
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Prenatal PM2.5 affects atopic dermatitis depending on maternal anxiety and gender: COCOA study
Clinical and Translational Allergy, 2021 Background The prevalence of atopic dermatitis (AD) is increasing worldwide. Prenatal particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter
Sangrok Kim +16 more
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Mitochondria disease due to humidifier disinfectants: diagnostic criteria and its evidences [PDF]
Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology, 2020 Humidifier disinfectant damages caused by the misuse of humidifier disinfects, such as polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG), resulted in chemical disasters in South Korea in 2011. About four million people were exposed to humidifier disinfectants (HDs) in the 17 years between 1994 and 2011.
Jong Han Leem, Hwan-Cheol Kim
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Control of disinfection by-products and biodegradable organic matter through biological treatment [PDF]
, 1992 L'objectif de ce projet, commun à l'Agence Américaine pour la Protection de l'Environnement (USEPA) et l'Université de Cincinnati, est d'optimiser l'usage de la préozonation associée à des procédés biologiques pour le traitement de l'eau de
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