Exposure characteristics of familial cases of lung injury associated with the use of humidifier disinfectants [PDF]
Environ Health, 2014 BackgroundThis study describes 17 families with 38 lung injury patients (14 males, 24 females; 22 preschool-age children less than six years of age and 16 individuals of 13–50 years) who used disinfectant added to humidifiers in the home.MethodsClinical ...
Donguk Park +12 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental SafetyFollowing widespread use of humidifier disinfectants (HDs) in South Korea from the late 1990s until their recall in 2011, clusters of respiratory illnesses emerged.
Hae-Kwan Cheong, , Kyoung Sook Jeong
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Need for individual-based evaluation to determine the association between humidifier disinfectants and health injuries [PDF]
Ann Occup Environ Med, 2021 Background Injuries caused by humidifier disinfectants (HDs) can no longer be grouped under the concept of HD lung injury. Focusing on individual cases, we were able to evaluate the relevance not only of diseases for which epidemiological correlation is ...
Hyeong-Cheol Kim +4 more
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Exposure to Humidifier Disinfectants Increases the Risk for Asthma in Children [PDF]
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2018 Jisun Yoon +2 more
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Erratum: Need for individual-based evaluation to determine the association between humidifier disinfectants and health injuries [PDF]
Ann Occup Environ Med, 2021 [This corrects the article e21 in vol. 33.].
Hyeong-Cheol Kim +4 more
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Is Polyhexamethylene Guanidine and Oligo(2-(2-Ethoxy) Ethoxyethyl Guanidium Chloride Exposure Related to Gestational Diabetes? [PDF]
ToxicsThis study aims to investigate the association between exposure to toxic indoor chemicals, specifically polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) and oligo(2-(2-ethoxy) ethoxyethyl guanidinium) chloride (PGH), used in humidifier disinfectants, and gestational ...
Hyowon Choi +3 more
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Humidifier Disinfectant–associated Children’s Interstitial Lung Disease
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2014 Abstract Rationale Beginning in 2006, epidemics of a fatal lung injury of unknown cause in children were observed in Korea every spring. A recent study demonstrated that this type of children’s interstitial lung disease (chILD) is associated with humidifier disinfectant use.
Kyung Won, Kim +33 more
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COVID-19 in a Patient Previously Exposed to Toxic Disinfectant from a Humidifier [PDF]
Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2022 In August, 2011, the Korean Public Health Surveillance declared an outbreak of pulmonary disease due to the inhalation of humidifier disinfectants (HDs), which led to approximately 20,000 deaths.
Seok Hwa Youn +3 more
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Exposures to humidifier disinfectant and various health conditions in Korean based on personal exposure assessment data of claimants for compensation [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Humidifier disinfectants (HDs) were commonly used household chemicals to prevent microbial growth in a humidifier water tank in South Korea.
Myeongjin Hong +8 more
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Journal of Toxicological Sciences, 2016 Exposure to humidifier disinfectants was identified in 2011 as the potential cause of an outbreak of lung disease in Korea. It is estimated that over 8 million people have been exposed to humidifier disinfectants-chemicals added to the water used in ...
Kyu-Hyuck Chung
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