Humidifier disinfectants, unfinished stories [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2016 Once released into the air, humidifier disinfectants became tiny nano-size particles, and resulted in chemical bronchoalveolitis. Families had lost their most beloved members, and even some of them became broken.
Yeyong Choi, Domyung Paek
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Effects of psychological symptoms on life adjustment among survivors of humidifier disinfectants [PDF]
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 +4 more
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Misclassification and characterization of exposure to humidifier disinfectants using a questionnaire [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Lung disease caused by exposure to chemical substances such as polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) used in humidifier disinfectants (HDs) has been identified in Korea.
Hyeonsu Ryu +9 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.
Moo-Song Lee, Hwa Jung Kim
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A comprehensive study of deaths due to exposure to humidifier disinfectant in Korea: focusing on medical records, assessment of exposure to humidifier disinfectants, and causes of death [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2021 OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine the characteristics of the deceased victims of deaths caused by exposure to humidifier disinfectants, and present the distribution of the victims’ data submitted for damage application, demographic characteristics ...
Yeong Jun Ju +5 more
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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 ...
Mina Ha +6 more
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Comparison of maternal and neonatal survival exposed to humidifier disinfectants during perinatal periods: a case-series study [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 A humidifier disinfectant (HD) has been prohibited by the government due to its serious effects on the human body. Several studies on the relationship between HD and lung diseases have been performed independently on children and adults.
Jang Hoon Lee +2 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.
Park DU +14 more
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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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Inhalation Lung Injury Associated with Humidifier Disinfectants in Adults. [PDF]
J Korean Med Sci, 2016 We recently established a novel disease entity presented as progressive respiratory failure associated with the inhalation of humidifier disinfectants. In April 2011, we encountered a series of peripartum patients with complaints of respiratory distress of unknown etiology, which was an uncommon phenomenon.
Huh JW +9 more
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