Journal of Environmental Health Sciences (한국환경보건학회지)

Korean Society of Environmental Health (한국환경보건학회)
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The Role of Exposure Assessment of Humidifier Disinfectant (HD) in the Program to Monitor HD Associated Health Problems

가습기 살균제 건강영향 모니터링에서 환경노출조사의 역할

  • Park, Soyoung (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Park, Ju-Hyun (Department of Statistics, Dongguk University) ;
  • Lee, Seunghee (Department of Environmental Health, Korea National Open University) ;
  • Jang, Woo-Sung (Department of Environmental Health, Korea National Open University) ;
  • Kim, So-Yeon (Department of Environmental Health, Korea National Open University) ;
  • Park, Jihoon (Environmental Safety Group, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Europe Forschungsgesellschaft mbH) ;
  • Mun, Eunchan (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Lee, Yesung (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Kim, Hyunil (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Kim, Hyeong-Cheol (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Park, Dong-Uk (Department of Environmental Health, Korea National Open University)
  • 박소영 (성균관대학교 의과대학 강북삼성병원 직업환경의학과) ;
  • 박주현 (동국대학교 통계학과) ;
  • 이승희 (한국방송통신대학교 환경보건학과) ;
  • 장우성 (한국방송통신대학교 환경보건학과) ;
  • 김소연 (한국방송통신대학교 환경보건학과) ;
  • 박지훈 (한국과학기술연구원 유럽연구소 환경안전성연구단) ;
  • 문은찬 (성균관대학교 의과대학 강북삼성병원 직업환경의학과) ;
  • 이예성 (성균관대학교 의과대학 강북삼성병원 직업환경의학과) ;
  • 김현일 (성균관대학교 의과대학 강북삼성병원 직업환경의학과) ;
  • 김형철 (성균관대학교 의과대학 강북삼성병원 직업환경의학과) ;
  • 박동욱 (한국방송통신대학교 환경보건학과)
  • Received : 2020.03.17
  • Accepted : 2020.04.20
  • Published : 2020.04.30
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Abstract

Objective: The objectives of this study are to update the information on the characteristics of humidifier disinfectant (HD) usage with HD associated health problems and to discuss the role of HD exposure assessment in the national program to monitor health problems in patients with HD associated diseases. Method: A total of 201 HD associated patients who registered to undergo clinical examination at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital was interviewed to acquire their responses regarding several HD use characteristics, including type of HD brands used, HD use duration, average daily HD use hours, and the volume of the room in which HD was used. The responses of the HD associated patients to HD use-related questions were compared between responses in the lung injury investigation and this study. Results: The responses of HD associated patients in this study were found to be different from those in the lunginjury investigation. In particular, some of the patients who had not answered in the lung-injury investigation were able to answer thanks to assistance from the investigator in this study. For their responses regarding the name of the most commonly used HD brand, the number of patients who did not answer (N=11) was reduced to eight in this study. Significant changes in the responses of study subjects to questions related to HD use were achieved through the interview in this study. Conclusion: This study found significant changes in the responses regarding HD use characteristics. HD exposure assessment should be included in the program in order to allow surveillance of HD associated health problems.

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