• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.124-128
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• 2005

한국 주변해역의 해양시료에서 측정된 탄소동위원소 연대 값을 실제 역년(calendar age)값에 가깝게 변환하기 위하여 국립수산과학원(NFRDI)에서 제공한 핵실험 이전인 1942년에 한국 연안에서 채취한 2종의 연체동물 패각 시료를 이용하여 marine reservoir correction$({\Delta}R)$ 값을 측정하였다. 남서해안에서의 측정된 ${\Delta}R$ 값은 $-117\pm45\;^{14}C\;yr$, 남동해안에서 측정된 값은 $-160\pm35\;^{14}C\;yr$로 계산되었다. 이 값들은 황해의 중국연안에서 측정된 값들의 범위에 속하는데 이는 중국과 한국 연안해역에서 reservoir $^{14}C$ age가 지구규모의 해양 평균 reservoir $^{14}C$ age보다 적은 값을 갖고 있음을 말한다. 이들 지역의 낮은 ${\Delta}R$ 값은 아마도 담수유입의 영향을 반영하는 것으로 생각된다. 본 연구에서 제시된 ${\Delta}R$값은 한국 주변해역에서 측정된 탄소동위원소 연대 값을 실제 역년 값에 가깝게 변환시킬 수 있도록 도움을 줄 것이다.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.48-101
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• 2010

이 논문은 한반도 남부와 일본열도 서반부를 중심으로 한 지역에 있어서 금속기의 생산과 유통이 활발했던 시기의 실연대를 $^{14}C$연대측정을 통해 추정한 글이다. 이 시기의 일상용기였던 점토대토기의 실연대를 구축하여, 토기와 금속기의 고고학적 출토양상을 통해 세형동검문화의 성립과 철기의 출현연대를 밝히고자 하였다. 연구사를 통해 점토대토기 기원전 300년 상한설이 학계의 대세임을 알 수 있는데, 이는 현재에도 계속해서 지지되고 있다. 이것은 세형동검문화의 성립연대와 초기철기시대의 개시연대와도 연동되고 있는 것이다. 한편에서는 세형동검문화와 원형점토대토기문화의 성립을 동일시하는 견해를 지지하지 않는 연구자도 있으며, 목탄의 $^{14}C$연대를 통해 점토대토기의 출현시기를 올려 보는 분위기가 형성되고 있었다. 연구사에서 드러난 문제점을 지적하면서, 필자가 직접 조사를 통해 채취 처리한 시료를 중심으로 $^{14}C$연대측정을 실시, 그 결과를 바탕으로 점토대토기의 실연대를 구축하였는데, 그 시료는 약 100점에 달한다. 원형점토대토기는 기원전 6세기에 출현했을 가능성이 높고, 삼각형점토대토기는 기원전 300년 전후에 출현한 것으로 파악하였다. 철기는 원형점토대토기의 가장 늦은 단계에 출현하기 때문에 그 출현연대를 기원전 4세기라고 볼 수 있는데, 이는 실제로 철기와 원형점토대토기가 공반된 유적의 $^{14}C$연대와도 정합적이었다. 이를 통해 기원전 4세기 초~중엽일 가능성을 제시하였고, 초기 철기가 출토된 유적보다 확실히 이전 단계에 해당되는 초창기의 세형동검문화는 기원전 5세기 후반으로 파악하였다. 이렇게 파악된 실연대는 야요이토기와의 병행관계 및 $^{14}C$연대와도 정합적이며, 고고학적 사실에 근거한 것이기 때문에 가능성 높은 연대라고 할 수 있다. $^{14}C$연대를 통한 한일 공통의 편년이 처음으로 구축된 것이다. 새로이 구축된 점토대토기의 실연대에 의하면, 현재 학계의 일반적인 시대구분과는 맞지 않기 때문에, 연대의 조정을 통해 새로운 수정안을 제시하였다. 철기의 출현시기(기원전 4세기 초~중엽)부터 초기 철기시대로 하여, 청동기시대는 원형점토대토기 단계의 상당 부분과 세형동검문화를 포함하는 것으로 보았다. 이를 청동기시대 후기로 설정하여, 송국리식을 중기로 하는 안을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.288-300
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• 2016

Objectives: Diagnostic medical radiation workers in Korea have been officially monitored for their occupational radiation doses since 1996. The purpose of this study was to design models for reconstructing unknown individual radiation doses to which diagnostic radiation technologists were exposed before 1996. Methods: Radiation dose reconstruction models were developed by using cross-sectional survey data and the personal badge doses of 8167 radiologic technologists. The models included calendar year and age as predictors, and the participants were grouped into six categories according to their sex and facility type. The annual doses between 1971 and 1995 for those who were employed before 1996 were estimated using these models. Results: The calendar year and age were inversely related to the estimated radiation doses in the models of all six groups. The annual median estimated doses decreased from 9.45 mSv in 1971 to 1.26 mSv in 1995, and the associated dose variation also decreased with time. The estimated median badge doses from 1996 (1.22 mSv) to 2011 (0.30 mSv) were similar to the measured doses (1.68 mSv to 0.21 mSv) for the same years. Similar results were observed for all six groups. Conclusions: The reconstruction models developed in this study may be useful for estimating historical occupational radiation doses received by medical radiologic technologists in Korea.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.4387-4392
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• 2013

Projection of load of cancer mortality helps in quantifying the burden of cancer and is essential for planning cancer control activities. As per our knowledge, there have not been many attempts to project the cancer mortality burden at the country level in India mainly due to lack of data on cancer mortality at the national and state level. This is an attempt to understand the magnitude of cancer mortality problem for the various calendar years from 2011 to 2026 at 5-yearly intervals. Age, sex and site-wise specific cancer mortality data along with populations covered by the registries were obtained from the report of National Cancer Registry Programme published by Indian Council of Medical Research for the period 2001-2004. Pooled age sex specific cancer mortality rates were obtained by taking weighted average of these six registries with respective registry populations as weights. The pooled mortality rates were assumed to represent the country's mortality rates. Populations of the country according to age and sex exposed to the risk of cancer mortality in different calendar years were obtained from the report of Registrar General of India providing population projections for the country for the years from 2011 to 2026. Population forecasts were combined with the pooled mortality rates to estimate the projected number of cancer mortality cases by age, sex and site of cancer at various 5-yearly periods Viz. 2011, 2016, 2021 and 2026. The projections were carried out for the various cancer-leading sites as well as for 'all sites' of cancer. The results revealed that an estimated 0.44 million died due to cancer during the year 2011, while 0.51 million and 0.60 million persons are likely to die from cancer in 2016 and 2021. In the year 2011 male mortality was estimated to be 0.23 million and female mortality to be 0.20 million. The estimated cancer mortality would increase to 0.70 million by the year 2026 as a result of change in size and composition of population. In males increase will be to 0.38 millions and in females to 0.32 millions. Among women, cancer of the breast, cervical and ovary account for 34 percent of all cancer deaths. The leading sites of cancer mortality in males are lung, oesophagus, prostrate and stomach. The above results show a need for commitment for tackling cancer by reducing risk factors and strengthening the existing screening and treatment facilities.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.4379-4386
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• 2013

Projection of cancer incidence is essential for planning cancer control actions, health care and allocation of resources. Here we project the cancer burden at the National and State level to understand the magnitude of cancer problem for the various calendar years from 2011 to 2026 at 5-yearly intervals. The age, sex and site-wise cancer incidence data along with populations covered by the registries were obtained from the report of National Cancer Registry Programme published by Indian Council of Medical Research for the period 2001-2004. Pooled age sex specific cancer incidence rates were obtained by taking weighted averages of these seventeen registries with respective registry populations as weights. The pooled incidence rates were assumed to represent the country's incidence rates. Populations of the country according to age and sex exposed to the risk of development of cancer in different calendar years were obtained from the report of Registrar General of India providing population projections for the country for the years from 2001 to 2026. Population forecasts were combined with the pooled incidence rates to estimate the projected number of cancer cases by age, sex and site of cancer at various 5-yearly periods Viz. 2011, 2016, 2021 and 2026. The projections were carried out for the various leading sites as well as for 'all sites' of cancer. In India, in 2011, nearly 1,193,000 new cancer cases were estimated; a higher load among females (603,500) than males (589,800) was noted. It is estimated that the total number of new cases in males will increased from 0.589 million in 2011 to 0.934 million by the year 2026. In females the new cases of cancer increased from 0.603 to 0.935 million. Three top most occurring cancers namely those of tobacco related cancers in both sexes, breast and cervical cancers in women account for over 50 to 60 percent of all cancers. When adjustments for increasing tobacco habits and increasing trends in many cancers are made, the estimates may further increase. The leading sites of cancers in males are lung, oesophagus, larynx, mouth, tongue and in females breast and cervix uteri. The main factors contributing to high burden of cancer over the years are increase in the population size as well as increase in proportion of elderly population, urbanization, and globalization. The cancer incidence results show an urgent need for strengthening and augmenting the existing diagnostic/treatment facilities, which are inadequate even to tackle the present load.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1172-1178
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• 2018

Objective: To analyze and compare the age of data in contemporary research articles published in representative general radiology journals. Materials and Methods: We searched for articles reporting original research studies analyzing patient data that were published in the print issues of the Korean Journal of Radiology (KJR), European Radiology (ER), and Radiology in 2017. Eligible articles were reviewed to extract data collection period (time from first patient recruitment to last patient follow-up) and age of data (time between data collection end and publication). The journals were compared in terms of the proportion of articles reporting the data collection period to the level of calendar month and regarding the age of data. Results: There were 50, 492, and 254 eligible articles in KJR, ER, and Radiology, respectively. Of these, 44 (88%; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 75.8-94.8%), 359 (73%; 95% CI: 68.9-76.7%), and 211 (83.1%; 95% CI: 78-87.2%) articles, respectively, provided enough details of data collection period, revealing a significant difference between ER and Radiology (p = 0.002). The age of data was significantly greater in KJR (median age: 826 days; range: 299-2843 days) than in ER (median age: 570 days; range: 56-4742 days; p < 0.001) and Radiology (median age: 618; range: 75-4271 days; p < 0.001). Conclusion: Korean Journal of Radiology did not fall behind ER or Radiology in reporting of data collection period, but showed a significantly greater age of data than ER and Radiology, suggesting that KJR should take measures to improve the timeliness of its data.

• 노동경제논집
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.161-186
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• 2018

1980년대 이후 특허 데이터를 이용한 많은 연구가 있었지만, 특허문서에 나온 기술 개발자의 정보를 이용한 연구는 큰 진전을 이루지 못하였다. 이는 해외 모든 국가의 경우 특허에 기재된 개발자의 이름만으로는 동일인 파악이 어렵기 때문이다. 한국 특허 데이터에 포함된 개발자의 식별번호, 생년, 그리고 성별 정보를 이용하여, 본 연구는 생애주기에서 개발자의 기술개발 생산성이 어떻게 변하는지, 세대별로 생산성의 향상이 있었는지 분석하였다. 앞으로 이 개발자 패널데이터를 이용하여 기술개발의 중요한 요소인 기술인력에 관한 연구가 크게 진전되리라고 기대한다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.188-194
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• 2019

Objectives: Outbreaks of scarlet fever in Mexico in 1999, Hong Kong and mainland China in 2011, and England in 2014-2016 have received global attention, and the number of notified cases in Korean children, including in Jeju Province, has also increased since 2010. To identify relevant hypotheses regarding this emerging outbreak, an age-period-cohort (APC) analysis of scarlet fever incidence was conducted among children in Jeju Province, Korea. Methods: This study analyzed data from the nationwide insurance claims database administered by the Korean National Health Insurance Service. The inclusion criteria were children aged ${\leq}14years$ residing in Jeju Province, Korea who received any form of healthcare for scarlet fever from 2002 to 2016. The age and year variables were categorized into 5 groups, respectively. After calculating the crude incidence rate (CIR) for age and calendar year groups, the intrinsic estimator (IE) method was applied to conduct the APC analysis. Results: In total, 2345 cases were identified from 2002 to 2016. Scarlet fever was most common in the 0-2 age group, and boys presented more cases than girls. Since the CIR decreased with age between 2002 and 2016, the age and period effect decreased in all observed years. The IE coefficients suggesting a cohort effect shifted from negative to positive in 2009. Conclusions: The results suggest that the recent outbreak of scarlet fever among children in Jeju Province might be explained through the cohort effect. As children born after 2009 showed a higher risk of scarlet fever, further descriptive epidemiological studies are needed.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.215-227
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• 1998

To find health problems of Pohang city and to plan the activities to solve them in the situation of localization, the mortalities of the citizens in recent three years from 1994 to 1996 were analyzed from the notices and the certificates of death. The ratios of the notices with the certificates of death In the rural area of Pohang city were higher than those of whole country, the ratios of the urban area were lower than the respective ones, and the ratio differences between the rural and urban area were increasing. It may be that medical facilities are not within easy access of the rural inhabitants. especially in the rural south district with high population density. The proportional mortality indicators(PMI) were lower them those of whole country, much lower in male. So the health status of young aged males is relatively unsatisfactory. The urban inhabitants died in hospitals about two times more than the rural inhabitants and the differences were increasing. It may be that living and housing conditions and socio-cultural differences affected on the places of death. Because it is thought that death in hospitals will be growing at high speed, it is necessary to enlarge facilities fur funeral services. The age standardized mortalities were lower than those of whole country and age grouped mortalities were also the same. There were not any consistent and meaningful findings in the sex ratios of mortality according to the age groups or the calendar years. The mortalities by neoplasms and cardiovascular diseases according to the twenty one major causes of death were rapidly increased from the middle ages in both male and female. So it is important to plan the activities for early detection and health maintenance or promotion by behavior modifications. The leading causes of death were cardiovascular diseases, hypertensive diseases, and traffic accidents. And accidental drowning because of coastal area, liver diseases in male, and low respiratory tract diseases in female were the leading causes of death in part of age groups.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권22호
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• pp.10021-10025
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• 2014

Background: The study aimed to describe the age distribution of breast cancer diagnosis among Chinese females for comparison with the United States and the European Union, and provide evidence for the screening target population in China. Materials and Methods: Median age was estimated from hospital databases from 7 tertiary hospitals in China. Population-based data in China, United States and European Union was extracted from the National Central Cancer Registry, SEER program and GLOBOCAN 2008, respectively. Age-standardized distribution of breast cancer at diagnosis in the 3 areas was estimated based on the World Standard Population 2000. Results: The median age of breast cancer at diagnosis was around 50 in China, nearly 10 years earlier than United States and European Union. The diagnosis age in China did not vary between subgroups of calendar year, region and pathological characteristics. With adjustment for population structure, median age of breast cancer at diagnosis was 50~54 in China, but 55~59 in United States and European Union. Conclusions: The median diagnosis age of female breast cancer is much earlier in China than in the United States and the European Union pointing to racial differences in genetics and lifestyle. Screening programs should start at an earlier age for Chinese women and age disparities between Chinese and Western women warrant further studies.