- The humidifier disinfectant scandal: the need for vigorous government oversight of chemicals and household products to secure public safety
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- KMID: 2469668
- Environ Health Toxicol.
- 2016 ;31(1):e2016012.
- doi: 10.5620/eht.e2016012
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- The humidifier disinfectant incident and the self-examination of environmental toxicology and public health experts
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Ahn JJ
- KMID: 2380092
- Environ Health Toxicol.
- 2015 ;30(1):e2015016.
- doi: 10.5620/eht.e2015016
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- What Have We Learnt from the Tragic Events Related to Humidifier Disinfectant Inhalation in 2011?
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Koh Y
- KMID: 2355610
- J Korean Med Sci.
- 2016 Dec;31(12):1855-1856.
- doi: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.12.1855
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- Epidemiologic research on lung damage caused by humidifier disinfectants
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Lee MS, Kim HJ
- KMID: 2380725
- Epidemiol Health.
- 2016;38:e2016031.
- doi: 10.4178/epih.e2016031
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... -
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- Humidifier Disinfectant-Associated Lung Injury: Six Years after the Tragic Event
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Kim WY, Hong SB
- KMID: 2420577
- Tuberc Respir Dis.
- 2017 Oct;80(4):351-357.
- doi: 10.4046/trd.2017.0048
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... -
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- Lung Transplantation for Chronic Humidifier Disinfectant-Associated Lung Injury
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Kim WY, Kim SW, Jo KW, Choi SH, Kim HR, Kim YH, Kim DK, Park SI, Hong SB
- KMID: 2350923
- Korean J Crit Care Med.
- 2016 May;31(2):146-151.
- doi: 10.4266/kjccm.2016.31.2.146
In the spring of 2011, a cluster of lung injuries caused by humidifier disinfectant (HD) usage were reported in Korea. Many patients required mechanical ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and even... -
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- Evaluation report on the causal association between humidifier disinfectants and lung injury
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Ha M, Lee SY, Hwang SS, Park H, Sheen S, Cheong HK, Choi BY
- KMID: 2380727
- Epidemiol Health.
- 2016;38:e2016037.
- doi: 10.4178/epih.e2016037
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... -
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- Humidifier disinfectants, unfinished stories
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Choi Y, Paek D
- KMID: 2469660
- Environ Health Toxicol.
- 2016 ;31(1):e2016004.
- doi: 10.5620/eht.e2016004
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.... -
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- Major concerns regarding lung injury and related health conditions caused by the use of humidifier disinfectant
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Park D
- KMID: 2469670
- Environ Health Toxicol.
- 2016 ;31(1):e2016014.
- doi: 10.5620/eht.e2016014
A total of 221 patients were evaluated to be humidifier disinfectant associated with lung injury (HDLI) through two rounds of programs through April 2015. The humidifier disinfectant (HD) brands most... -
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- What must be done to prevent another humidifier disinfectant disaster?
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Lee JH
- KMID: 2469679
- Environ Health Toxicol.
- 2016 ;31(1):e2016024.
- doi: 10.5620/eht.e2016024
The humidifier disinfectant disaster (HDD) was not a simple poisoning accident by biocides, but a singular disaster in history created by chemicals in household products. This disaster was a result... -
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- An analysis of a humidifier disinfectant case from a toxicological perspective
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Park K
- KMID: 2469669
- Environ Health Toxicol.
- 2016 ;31(1):e2016013.
- doi: 10.5620/eht.e2016013
An analysis of patients and fatalities due to exposure to polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) shows that PHMG causes mainly lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis. However, no research on the other... -
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- The humidifier disinfectant case and the legislative challenges of the 20th Congress
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Park T
- KMID: 2469671
- Environ Health Toxicol.
- 2016 ;31(1):e2016015.
- doi: 10.5620/eht.e2016015
A number of absurdities surrounding the humidifier disinfectant (HD) incident may have occurred because 1) a judicial system operates on the underlying false assumption that the involved parties are equals... -
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- Humidifier disinfectant-associated specific diseases should be called together as “humidifier disinfectant syndromeâ€
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Leem JH, Lee JH
- KMID: 2411249
- Environ Health Toxicol.
- 2017 ;32(1):e2017017.
- doi: 10.5620/eht.e2017017
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,... -
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- Building-related Illnesses
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Lee SD
- KMID: 2347573
- J Korean Med Assoc.
- 2002 Jul;45(7):907-916.
- doi: 10.5124/jkma.2002.45.7.907
Building-related illness is an increasingly common problem. The disease fall into two categories : those that have an identifiable cause-such as legionellosis, humidifier fever, and conditions resulting from exposure to... -
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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
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Park J, Lee H, Park K
- KMID: 2470816
- Environ Health Toxicol.
- 2019 Jun;34(2):e2019004.
- doi: 10.5620/eht.e2019004
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 outbreak of... -
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- Respiratory Care in Guillian Barre' Syndrome
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Park JY, Oh HK
- KMID: 2358002
- Korean J Anesthesiol.
- 1973 Dec;6(2):185-192.
Guillian-Barre syndrome may result in severe pulmonary insufficiency and death. Four cases disgnosed as this syndrome were treated with respirators such as Bird Mk-7, Bennett PR-Z, Bennett MA-1 and Ohio-560.... -
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- Psychological Responses among Humidifier Disinfectant Disaster Victims and Their Families
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Yoo S, Sim M, Choi J, Jeon K, Shin J, Chung S, Hong SB, Lee SY, Hong SJ
- KMID: 2432107
- J Korean Med Sci.
- 2019 Jan;34(4):e29.
- doi: 10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e29
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%... -
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- Combined approaches using adverse outcome pathways and big data to find potential diseases associated with humidifier disinfectant
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Leem JH, Chung KH
- KMID: 2411235
- Environ Health Toxicol.
- 2017 ;32(1):e2017003.
- doi: 10.5620/eht.e2017003
According to previous survey, about two million of people were expected to suffer from toxic effects due to humidifier disinfectant (HD), regardless of healing or not. Extremely small group are... -
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- Prevalence of Dry Eye Syndrome and Association with Life Behaviors in Adolescents
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Lee JJ, Sung JY, Lee SB
- KMID: 2376592
- J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
- 2017 Apr;58(4):387-394.
- doi: 10.3341/jkos.2017.58.4.387
PURPOSE: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of dry eye syndrome (DES) among adolescents based on the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire. METHODS: A questionnaire survey was conducted on... -
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- Association between use of humidifier disinfectant and allergic rhinitis in Korean children: a cross-sectional study based on the eighth Panel Study on Korean Children (PSKC)
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Koh TH, Park JT, Kwon D, Kwak K
- KMID: 2471277
- Ann Occup Environ Med.
- 2020 ;32(1):e9.
- doi: 10.35371/aoem.2020.32.e9
BACKGROUND: Rhinitis was the most frequently diagnosed disorder among users of humidifier disinfectants (HDs). The aim of our study was to investigate on the relationship between allergic rhinitis (AR) and... -
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