• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.46 no.6
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• pp.543-551
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• 2023

In this study, the aim was to assess the shielding performance of different 3D printing materials, specifically those produced using FDM, SLA, and CJP methods, with a focus on their application as shielding devices in clinical settings. Additionally, the weight of lead shielding materials can evoke reluctance in pediatric patients undergoing X-ray imaging. A total of 12 materials were printed using their respective 3D printers. These materials were then subjected to X-ray testing using diagnostic X-ray equipment and an exposure meter. The goal was to evaluate their shielding capabilities in comparison to 1 mm lead. The results of this evaluation revealed that VisiJet PXL-Pastel, produced using the CJP method, exhibited the highest shielding performance. Therefore, VisiJet PXL-Pastel by CJP method was selected for the creation of a shielding device designed for pediatric reproductive organs. Subsequent tests demonstrated that both the newly created shielding device and conventional lead shielding equipment achieved the same maximum shielding rate at 50 kVp. Specifically, the shielding rate for the 3D printed device was measured at 84.53%, while the conventional lead shielding equipment, categorized as Apron1 (85.74%), Apron2 (99.98%), and Apron3 (99.04%), demonstrated similar performance. In conclusion, the CJP-produced VisiJet PXL-Pastel material showcased excellent radiation shielding capabilities, allowing for anatomical observations of the target organs and their surrounding structures in X-ray images. Furthermore, its lower weight in comparison to traditional lead shielding materials makes it a clinically practical and useful choice, particularly for pediatric applications.

• Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.61-72
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• 2010

Objectives: This study was peformed to identify the related factors on Vietnamese immigrant women's reproductive health problems. Survey Participants were 231 immigrant vietnamese woman who lived at six cities in Korea. Methods: The comprehensive PRECEDE model comprised of diagnosis and planning curricular targeted or immigrant women aged 15-49. Data collection was conducted by face-to-face interview survey. Results: 1. The influential variables of recognition of reproductive health problems from the logistic analysis were using contraceptives (p=0.002), relationships with partners (p=0.000), the need of family planning (p=0.007), social support (p=0.009). This means that they experienced reproductive health problems when they did not use contraceptives, did not need family planning, did not receive social support and had close relationships with their partners. Conclusion: The basic data were provided for prevention of reproductive health problems such as unwanted pregnancy and abortion, as well as improved understanding of the different views on pregnancy, birth culture and sexual and reproductive health between Korea and Vietnam.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.11-16
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• 2008

카드뮴은 환경과 인체 위해도에 큰 영향을 미치는 중요한 환경오염물질로 잘 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 토양선충인 Caenorhabditis elegans에 카드뮴을 12시간과 48시간으로 나누어 처리하여 시간에 따른 장, 단기적 독성영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 이때 생리학적 수준으로 성장 및 생식을 조사하고, 분자수준에서 스트레스 관련 유전자들의 시간에 따른 발현 정도를 관찰하였다. 생식에서는 단기노출(12시간) 시 그 영향이 대조군에 비해 크게 나타났으며, mtl-2의 스트레스 관련 유전자가 증가하였다 장기 노출(48시간) 시에는 cyp35a2, ape-1, sod-1, ctl-2 유전자가 대조군에 비해 약 $2{\sim}4$배 가량의 발현 증가 결과를 조사할 수 있었다. 본 연구결과들을 통해 스트레스 관련 유전자의 발현을 조사하는 것이 중요하고 민감한 생체지표가 된다는 것과 토양선충 C. elegans는 환경중 오염물질에 대한 장기, 단기적 영향을 평가하기 위한 좋은 생물학적 모델이 된다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.73-80
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• 2004

숭어의 생식주기를 밝히기 위해 2002년 2월부터 2003년 3월까지 제주도 동남부 연안에서 채집하였고, 난모세포의 발달과정을 조직학적 방법으로 관찰하였다. 난모세포의 발달과정은 GSI변화와 밀접하였다. GSI는 9월에 급격히 증가하여 12월에 최고 값을 나타내었다. 난소의 조직학적 관찰결과, 염색인기와 주변인기의 난모세포는 연중 관찰되었으며,8월에는 일부에서 난황을 포함하는 난모세포가 관찰되었다. 대부분의 난모세포가 10월과 12월에는 난황구기 단계의 난모세포로 발달했다. 10월과 12월에 난황구기 난모세포들을 가진 개체의 출현이 가장 높았으며, 잔존여포와 퇴화 난모세포는 2월부터 관찰되었다. 숭어의 주 산란기는 11월에서 1월이고, 난군동기발달형의 난소를 가지며 외양으로 이동하여 산란하는 어류에 속한다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.291-299
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• 2008

Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether(BADGE)는 비스페놀 A와 에피클로로하이드린의 축합에 의해 만들어지는 물질로 상업용 액상 에폭시 수지의 주성분이다. 본 연구는 clusterin mRNA 발현이 BADGE의 노출된 생식기계 독성에 연관되어 있는지를 연구하기 위해 수행하였다. BADGE는 SPF Sprague-Dawley 임신 랏트에 임신 6일부터 수유기가지 하루에 한 번 0(대조군)과 375mg/kg/day를 경구 투여하였다. 수컷 새끼는 일반 사항과 몸무게, 일반 발달 지표(예, 항문과 생식기 사이의 거리, 이개개전, 절치붕출, 유두잔류, 안검개열, 고환하강, 포피박리 등)등을 관찰하였다. 대조군과 투여군에서 다섯 마리의 수컷 새끼는 출생 후 3, 6와 9주에 부검하여 부고환의 조직학적 변화 등을 관찰하였다. BADGE 375 mg/kg/day 투여군에서 항문과 생식기 사이의 거리는 대조군보다 길어지는 경향을 보였다. 출생 후 6주와 9주에서 부고환의 상대 무게는 대조군보다 약간 증가하였으나 조직학적인 변화는 관찰되지 않았다. BADGE 투여 군에서 clusterin mRNA 발현량은 대조군에 비해 3주에 56%, 6주에 57% 그리고 9주에 86% 감소하였다. 이런 결과는 랏트의 부고환에서 clusterin은 BADGE에 반응하는 유전자 중 하나일 수 있다는 가능성을 나타낸다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.11-20
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• 2024

As the importance of intervention has recently increased, interest in the health of medical staff performing the procedure is increasing. Existing radiation shielding devices have limited the operator's movement and have not been properly used due to the risk of infection, and adequate radiation shielding of the operator's gonads and furthermore, the entire area of the procedure room has not been achieved. An auxiliary shielding device was manufactured by attaching a Bismuth to the elbow support used in the procedure, and the radiation shielding effect was measured. As a result of the measurement, the average spatial dose rate decreased by about 64.8%, and the independent sample t-test analysis showed statistically significant below the significance probability (p<0.05). The use of an auxiliary shielding device is considered to be an effective shielding method that can shield the operator's gonads and reduce the radiation spatial dose rate of the entire area of the procedure room.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.27-33
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• 2002

Aims: This study was carried out to find the prevalence of human clonorchiasis and to know epidemiological features in a Clonorchis sinensis-endemic area in Korea. Methods and materials: The EHSA was applied for the serodiagnosis of clonorchiasis. A total of 2,591 inhabitants at Soonchang-gun county adjacent to the Sumjin River were screened through the assay. The questionnaire survey was performed for several epidemiological points related to C. sinensis infection. Data from 95 inhabitants were processed for the statistical analysis. Results: The prevalence of human clonorchiasis in Soonchang-gun was 16.1% in average from 33.6% to 7.0% according to the villages of the survey. In the riverside villages to the Sumjin River the prevalences were higher than those in other villages located far from the river. The odd ratio (OR) between men and women was 2.76, indicating that the clonorchiasis was 2.76 times more prevalent in man than woman. The ORs were 2.14 in alcoholic group, 2.40 in the group of raw-eating of fresh-water fishes, 2.44 in the people who thought they were healthy, 5.23 in the people who knew well about the clonorchiasis, and 3.32 in the people who had again raw-eating of the fishes following medication. Conclusions: These results suggested that human clonorchiasis was still highly endemic in riverside area of the Sumjin River and some predisposing factors such as raw-eating of fresh-water fishes were significantly related to the human clonorchiasis.

• Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.29-43
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• 2014

Objectives: This study was to develop a reliable and valid instrument measuring the reproductive health promoting behavior of undergraduates. Methods: The initial questionnaires were made of 106 items from four domains through literature review. All questionnaire items were revised by an expert group and a pilot test. Data were collected using the revised initial questionnaire of men's 58 items and female's 64 items from 634 male and 685 female undergraduate students. The collected questionnaires were analyzed by factor analysis using varimax rotation to evaluate the construct validity. Results: According to the gender, two measurement were invented and analysed separately. Four common factors consisting of 'safe sex', 'sexual responsibility', 'genital health management' and 'STD prevention' were discovered in both groups. The 'genital hygiene' factor was added as a female factor. Male students' scale was made up 4 factors 16 items and female students' scale was made up 5 factors 18 items. Cronbach's alpha for male scale was estimated to be .892 and female scale to be .882. Conclusions: This scale will make it possible to measure the level of reproductive health among Korean university students. This scale may be useful for developing effective methods of education as well as policy programs for improving the reproductive health of Korean university students.

• Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.9-19
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• 2012

Objectives: The aim of this study is to critically review the exposure surrogates and estimates used to associate health effects in wafer fabrication workers such as spontaneous abortion and cancer, as well as to identify the limitations of retrospective exposure assessment methods Methods: Epidemiologic and exposure-assessment studies of wafer fabrication operations in the semiconductor industry were collected. Retrospective exposure-assessment methods used in cancer risk and mortality and reproductive toxicity were reviewed. Results: Eight epidemiologic papers and two reports compared cancer risk among workers in wafer fabrication facilities in the semiconductor industry with the risk of the general population. Exposure surrogates used in those cancer studies were fabrication(vs. non-fabrication), employment duration, manufacturing eras, job title (operator vs. maintenance worker) and qualitative classifications of agents without assessing specific agent or job-specific exposure. In contrast, specific operation, job title and agents were used to classify the exposure of fabrication workers, contributing to finding a significant association with spontaneous abortion (SAB). Conclusion: Further epidemiologic studies of fabrication workers using more refined exposure assessment methods are warranted in order to examine the associations between fabrication work, environment, and specific agents with cancer risk or mortality as used in SAB epidemiologic studies.

• Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.120-134
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• 2021

Purpose: The reproductive health of women in early adulthood can affect pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause in later life. Menstrual symptoms not only affect daily life, but are also a reflection of a woman's reproductive health. This study was conducted to explore the factors affecting menstrual symptoms among university students. Methods: The general characteristics, life style, menstrual characteristics, stress, and menstrual symptom of 177 female students were assessed through an online survey at one university. An independent sample t-test, one-way variance analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were performed using the SPSS 22.0 program. Results: The menstrual symptom score was 91.68±32.11 points, and the score of 'mood change' was the highest. Stress (��=.38, p<.001), amount of menstruation (��=.20, p=.001), menarche age (��=-.18, p=.003), health problems (��=.16, p=.010), and age (��=.15, p=.016) were found to have a significant effect on menstrual symptom, and the explanatory power of the regression model was 40%. Conclusion: This study investigated the degree and influencing factors of menstrual symptom using the Korean Menstrual Symptom Scale (KMSS) developed for Korean university students. Among the factors influencing menstrual symptom, stress appeared to play a significant role. Stress management, observation of menstrual characteristics, and general health care are necessary to maintain a woman's reproductive health.