Need for individual-based evaluation to determine the association between humidifier disinfectants and health injuries. [PDF]
Ann Occup Environ Med, 2021 Kim HC, Kim H, Mun EC, Lee Y, Park S.
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Humidifier Disinfectant-Associated Lung Injury: Six Years after the Tragic Event [PDF]
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, 2017 In 2011, a cluster of peripartum patients were admitted to the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Seoul with signs and symptoms of severe respiratory distress of unknown etiology. Subsequent epidemiological and animal studies suggested that humidifier disinfectant (HD) might represent the source of this pathology.
Won‐Young Kim, Sang‐Bum Hong
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Characterizing Subjects Exposed to Humidifier Disinfectants Using Computed-Tomography-Based Latent Traits: A Deep Learning Approach. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Li F +10 more
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Association between humidifier disinfectant use duration and lung cancer development in Korea [PDF]
Epidemiology and HealthOBJECTIVES This study was conducted to assess the association between the duration of humidifier disinfectant use and lung cancer development. METHODS We analyzed data from 3,605 applicants registered for compensation from the Korean government due to ...
Sungchan Kang +10 more
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Psychological Responses among Humidifier Disinfectant Disaster Victims and Their Families [PDF]
Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2019 To substantiate psychological symptoms following humidifier disinfectant (HD) disasters, counseling records of 26 victims and 92 family members of victims (45 were bereaved) were analyzed retrospectively. Among the victims, 34.6% had Clinical Global Impression-Severity scores of over 4, which meant they were moderately ill.
Seonyoung Yoo +8 more
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A 2-day cardiopulmonary exercise test in chronic fatigue syndrome patients who were exposed to humidifier disinfectants. [PDF]
Environ Anal Health Toxicol, 2022 Leem JH, Jeon HE, Nam H, Kim HC, Joa KL.
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Humidifier disinfectant disaster: what is known and what needs to be clarified [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2016 After the initial investigations by the Korea Centers for Disease Control in 2011, over 1000 suspicious cases of humidifier disinfectant (HD) victims were subsequently reported by 2015, and numbers are still increasing dramatically in 2016 in the midst of the prosecutors' office investigation. This study attempts to summarize the current understandings
Sungkyoon Kim, Domyung Paek
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Inhalation toxicity of humidifier disinfectants as a risk factor of children's interstitial lung disease in Korea: a case-control study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: The occurrence of numerous cases of interstitial lung disease in children (chILD) every spring in Korea starting in 2006 raised suspicion about a causal relationship with the use of humidifier disinfectants (HDs). The aim of this study was to
Hyeon-Jong Yang +23 more
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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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Refined Exposure Assessment for Three Active Ingredients of Humidifier Disinfectants [PDF]
Environmental Engineering Research, 2013 Exposure assessment for three major active ingredients used for humidifier disinfectants, polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG), oligo(2-(2-ethoxy)ethoxyethyl guanidinium chloride (PGH), and 5-chloro-2-methylisothiazol-3(2H)-one/2-methylisothiazol-3(2H)-one (CMIT/MIT) mixture, was conducted in a bedroom using an air sampler for a refined risk assessment ...
Jong‐Hyeon Lee +7 more
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