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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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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Estimation of Humidifier Disinfectant Amounts Inhaled into the Respiratory System
Korean Journal of Environmental Health Sciences, 2016 Dong-Uk Park
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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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Characteristics of Exposure to Humidifier Disinfectant by Lung Injury Patients
Korean Journal of Environmental Health Sciences, 2016 Dong-Uk Park
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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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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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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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Scientific Reports, 2022 Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common skin disease in childhood whose diagnosis requires expertise in dermatology. Recent studies have indicated that host genes–microbial interactions in the gut contribute to human diseases including AD.
Ziyuan Jiang +9 more
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