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Humidifier disinfectant-associated specific diseases should be called together as “humidifier disinfectant syndrome” [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2017 Humidifier disinfectant (HD) damage was terrible chemical damage caused by household goods that happened in only South Korea, but still very little is known in HD damage. Up to now, previous research tried to focus on interstitial fibrosis on terminal bronchioles and alveoli because it is a specific finding, compared with other diseases.
Leem, Jong Han, Lee, Jong-Hyeon
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Eye irritation tests of polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate (PHMG) and chloromethylisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone (CMIT/MIT) using a tissue model of reconstructed human cornea-like epithelium [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2019 Disinfectants including polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate (PHMG) and mixtures of chloromethylisothiazolinone/ methylisothiazolinone (CMIT/MIT) have been widely used in Korea to prevent microbial growth in the humidifier water, which triggered an ...
Juyoung Park, Handule Lee, Kwangsik Park
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International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2020 The purpose of this study was to characterize a new respiratory syndrome associated with exposure to a humidifier disinfectant (HD) in South Korea that is distinct from the well-known HD-related lung injury (HDLI). The authors identified this condition in 24 study subjects who were family members of patients with definite or probable HDLI (referred to ...
Jong Han Leem +6 more
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, 2021 Background Because humidifier disinfectants (HDs) have been prohibited by the government because of their potential serious effects on human body, several studies on the relationship between HD and lung diseases have been separately performed on ...
Jun'ichi Cho, Seoheui Choi
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Exposure to Humidifier Disinfectants Increases the Risk of Asthma in Children.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2018 Jisun Yoon +8 more
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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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Toxics, 2022 (1) Background: Humidifier disinfectant (HD) is a biocidal chemical to keep the water tank inside a humidifier clean. Thousands of Koreans have experienced HD-related lung injuries. Of them, 6.9% were exposed to HD in hospitals.
Seula Lee +5 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 Polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG), a major component of humidifier disinfectants (HDs), is responsible for the outbreak of pulmonary diseases in pregnant women and children in South Korea.
Suhyun Park, Hyojin Kim, Kyunghee Ji
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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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Toxics, 2021 The inhalation of humidifier disinfectants (HDs) is linked to HD-associated lung injury (HDLI). Polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) is significantly involved in HDLI, but the correlation between chloromethylisothiazolinone (CMIT) and HDLI remains ...
Sang-Hoon Jeong +13 more
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