• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.236-243
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• 2022

Background: In the case of multiple exposures to different types of heavy metals, such as the conditions faced by residents living near a smelter, it would be preferable to group hazardous substances with similar characteristics rather than individually related substances and evaluate the effects of each group on the human body. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the utility of factor analysis in the assessment of health effects caused by exposure to two or more hazardous substances with similar characteristics, such as in the case of residents living near a smelter. Methods: Heavy metal concentration data for 572 people living in the vicinity of the Janghang smelter area were grouped based on several subfactors according to their characteristics using factor analysis. Using these factor scores as an independent variable, multiple regression analysis was performed on health effect markers. Results: Through factor analysis, three subfactors were extracted. Factor 1 contained copper and zinc in serum and revealed a common characteristic of the enzyme co-factor in the human body. Factor 2 involved urinary cadmium and arsenic, which are harmful metals related to kidney damage. Factor 3 encompassed blood mercury and lead, which are classified as related to cardiovascular disease. As a result of multiple linear regression analysis, it was found that using the factor index derived through factor analysis as an independent variable is more advantageous in assessing the relevance to health effects than when analyzing the two heavy metals by including them in a single regression model. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that regression analysis linked with factor analysis is a good alternative in that it can simultaneously identify the effects of heavy metals with similar properties while overcoming multicollinearity that may occur in environmental epidemiologic studies on exposure to various types of heavy metals.

• 지질공학
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.295-306
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• 2009

본 연구는 지하수, 토양, 대기의 노출경로에 따라서 부산광역시 사상공단의 지하수와 토양이 인체와 환경에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 토양과 대기의 노출경로에 따른 발암 위해는 나타나지 않았으나, 지하수에서는 TCE와 PCE의 발암 위해성이 각각의 기준 한계값인 1.0E-6과 1.0E-5에 대해서 각각 6.7E-6과 1.0E-5로 나타나 발암 위해가 있는 것으로 판단되었다. 대기에서는 비발암성 위해가 나타나지 않았다. 토양의 위해계수와 위해지수는 각각 3.4E-5와 5E-5로서 기준 한계값(1.0) 보다 낮게 나타났으나, 지하수의 위해계수와 위해지수는 각각 0.7 (위해성이 없음)과 1.4(위해성이 있음)로 나타났다. TCE의 최소성분감소비(CRF)는 2.5로서 TCE의 정화작업이 요구된다. 18개의 노출인자에 대한 민감도 분석 결과, 8개의 노출 인자(비 발암 물질에 대한 평균 수명, 발암 물질에 대한 평균 수명, 체중, 노출기간, 노출빈도, 피부노출빈도, 토양 섭취율, 물 섭취율)의 변화에 따라서 위해도가 변화하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 도심지 토사재해 예비중점관리 대상지역 중 충주시 안림동, 대전광역시 부사동, 안동시 신안동 3개 연구지역을 선정하여 지반특성을 분석하였다. 연구지역별 특성(수관밀도, 뿌리점착력, 강우특성, 토질특성)을 이용하여 지반특성 간의 상관관계를 고찰하고, 토사재해 예측 모델링을 통해 위험지역을 예측하였다. 토사재해 위험지 예측 모델의 비교 분석을 위하여 산지토사재해 예측프로그램(LSMAP), Stability Index MAPping(SINMAP), 산림청의 산사태위험지도(LHMAP)를 활용하였으며, 토사재해 예측에 적합한 프로그램을 검토하였다. 토사재해 위험도 예측결과 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 SINMAP의 경우 과다한 범위를 위험지역으로 예측하고, 산림청 산사태위험지도(LHMAP)의 경우는 예측지역이 가장 적게 산정되었으며, LSMAP은 SINMAP 및 LHMAP의 중간 정도 범위의 지역을 위험지역으로 예측하였다. 이러한 예측 결과의 차이는 LSMAP이 비교된 두 모델에 비해 분석 매개변수가 비교적 다양하고, 공학적이기 때문인 것으로 판단되며 보다 정밀한 예측이 가능하다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.111-119
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• 2007

Firemen are directly exposed to various harmful chemicals, physical factors and mental stress during rescue and fire-fighting. In fire extinguishing, unstable posture, poisonous gas, dust, high temperature and heavy equipments are possible hazardous factors. The alertness for emergency, shift work, job strain and stress are also possibly hazardous. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of musculo-skeletal symptoms and job stress and to determine risk factors in firemen. This study was carried out in a group of 226 firemen in Busan City, Korea. Standardized Nordic Questionnaire was used to investigate the prevalence of musculo-skeletal symptoms and Psycho-social Well-being Index (abbreviated PWI) was used to investigate the prevalence of job stress. General and occupational characteristics were included education, marital status, alcohol and smoking history, working duration, and work shift system. Body mass index (BMI) scores were calculated by physical examination including height and weight. Concerning musculo-skeletal complaints, the commonest site was neck, and shoulder, lower back, upper back were the next. Complaint site above one area of body was about 80%. From multiple logistic regression analysis, working duration was significant variable in musculo-skeletal symptoms. Odds ratio were 15.4 in working duration. About 16.8% was high risk stress group. From multiple logistic regression analysis, shift work and alcohol drinking were significant variables in PWI scores. Odds ratios were 2.25 in shift work. Accordingly, interventions are needed for health promotion of long term and shift worker.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.349-355
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• 2012

통합노출을 고려한 식품, 건강기능식품, 생약/한약제제, 화장품에서의 유해물질 관리의 우선순위를 선정하기 위해 기존 CRS에서 활용한 위해크기 뿐만 아니라 사회적 인식도를 조사한 후 전문가 평가를 통해 합의된 결과를 점수화하는 우선순위 선정 시스템을 구성하였다. 본 연구에서는 카드뮴, 납, 수은 및 비소 등 25종의 유해물질을 선별하고 선정된 25개 물질에 대해 기존의 우선순위 선정 시스템을 토대로 대상물질별 1) 위해의 크기 (노출 또는 위해수준), 2) 노출원을 고려한 가중치, 3) 관심도의 3가지면에 대해 점수를 산출하였다. 그 결과 25개 물질 중 최종점수는 카드뮴이 178.5점으로 가장 높았으며, 비스페놀 A가 56.8점으로 가장 낮았다. 최종점수가 100점 이상인 물질은 카드뮴, 납, 수은, 비소, 타르, 아크릴아마이드, 벤조피렌, 알루미늄, 벤젠 및 PAHs의 10종이었으며, 아플라톡신, 망간, 프탈레이트, 크롬, 아질산염, 에틸카바메이트, 포름알데히드 및 구리의 8종 물질은 70점 이상이었다. 그 외 이산화황, 오크라톡신 등 7종의 물질이 50점 이상으로 평가되었다. 평가된 최종점수의 타당성 평가를 위해 변수 간의 관련성과 지표간의 상관성분석을 분석한 결과, 노출원에 가중치를 고려한 위해크기가 가중치를 고려하지 않은 위해크기에 비해 최종점수와 관심도 모두 상관성이 높게 나타났으며, 통계적으로 매우 유의한 것으로 나타났다. 이처럼 통합노출을 고려한 유해물질 관리의 우선순위 연구는 위해평가 및 위해관리 측면에서 활용 가능 할 것으로 판단되어 진다.

• 한국재난관리표준학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2009

건설공사의 대형화, 고층화에 따라 건설현장에서 발생하는 안전사고가 사회적인 이슈가 되고 있다. 국제노동기구에 따르면 전 세계적으로 매년 60,000건의 건설재해가 발생하고 있으며, 이는 전체 산업재해의 17%에 해당하고 있다. 건설재해 발생 유형을 살펴보면 충돌과 추락사고가 전체 건설재해의 60% 이상을 차지하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 무선센서 네트워크를 활용하여 건설근로자와 위험 대상체간의 안전거리를 예측함으로써 추락 및 충돌사고를 예방할 수 있는 안전관리 모니터링 시스템을 개발하였다. 이를 위하여, 무선신호 강도와 노이즈 계수를 분석함으로써 안전거리를 예측하고 무선 네트워크망을 통해 건설근로자의 안전거리를 추적하고 경보음을 통한 안전관리 및 모니터링을 수행할 수 있는 기법을 제시하였다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.110-122
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• 2006

Objective : This study was conducted to quantify chronic lead exposure from various media(ie. working environment, food, ambient air), and to certify the usefulness of exposure assessment using Monte-Carlo simulation in the fields of occupational health. Methods : Data were obtained from Korean Industrial Health Association, Korea Food and Drug Administration, and the Ministry of Environment. Then lead worker's exposure was estimated indirectly from various media and parameters (ie. volume inhaled, body weight, dietary intake, etc.). Uncertainty was analyzed by Monte Carlo simulation with Crystal Ball software. Exposure doses and hazard indices were simulated with various hypothetical scenarios including weekly working hours and respiratory protective equipment. Results : Without respiratory protective equipment, the total exposure dose per kilogram of body weight of lead workers was estimated as $5.45{\times}10^{-3}mg/kg/day$, and hazard index was estimated as 2.26, and exposure contributions were calculated as follows : working environment(82.42 %); foods(17.57 %); and ambient air(0.01 %). But, if working condition has changed - reduction of working hours and using respiratory protective equipment, the total exposure dose per kilogram of body weight was estimated between $1.34{\times}10^{-3}-1.49{\times}10^{-3}mg/kg/day$, and hazard index was estimated between 0.56 - 0.62. Conclusions : This study suggested that occurrence of hazardous impact(ie. increased blood pressure) through lifetime lead exposure would be expected, and that the Monte-Carlo simulation was useful for the fields of occupational health.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.41-55
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• 2018

Accidental oil and gas leak is a critical concern for the offshore industry because it can lead to severe consequences and as a result, it is imperative to evaluate the probabilities of occurrence of the consequences of the leakage in order to assess the risk. Event Tree Analysis (ETA) is a technique to identify the consequences that can result from the occurrence of a hazardous event. The probability of occurrence of the consequences is evaluated by the ETA, based on the failure probabilities of the sequential events. Conventional ETA deals with events with crisp failure probabilities. In offshore applications, it is often difficult to arrive at a single probability measure due to lack of data or imprecision in data. In such a scenario, fuzzy set theory can be applied to handle imprecision and data uncertainty. This paper presents fuzzy ETA (FETA) methodology to compute the probability of the outcomes initiated due to oil/gas leak in an actual offshore-onshore installation. Post FETA, sensitivity analysis by Fuzzy Weighted Index (FWI) method is performed to find the event that has the maximum contribution to the severe sequences. It is found that events of 'ignition', spreading of fire to 'equipment' and 'other areas' are the highest contributors to the severe consequences, followed by failure of 'leak detection' and 'fire detection' and 'fire water not being effective'. It is also found that the frequency of severe consequences that are catastrophic in nature obtained by ETA is one order less than that obtained by FETA, thereby implying that in ETA, the uncertainty does not propagate through the event tree. The ranking of severe sequences based on their probability, however, are identical in both ETA and FETA.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2018

Background: Respiratory protection equipment (RPE) is the last resort to control exposure to workplace air pollutants. A comprehensive respiratory protection program (RPP) ensures that RPE is selected, used, and cared properly. Therefore, RPP must be well integrated into the occupational health and safety requirements. In this study, we evaluated the implementation of RPP in Iranian petrochemical industries to identify the required solutions to improve the current status of respiratory protection. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 24 petrochemical industries in Iran. The survey instrument was a checklist extracted from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration respiratory protection standard. An index, Respiratory Protection Program Index (RPPI), was developed and weighted by analytic hierarchy process to determine the compliance rate (CR) of provided respiratory protection measures with the RPP standard. Data analysis was performed using Excel 2010. Results: The most important element of RPP, according to experts, was respiratory hazard evaluation. The average value of RPPI in the petrochemical plants was $49{\pm}15%$. The highest and lowest of CR among RPP elements were RPE selection and medical evaluation, respectively. Conclusion: None of studied petrochemical industries implemented RPP completely. This can lead to employees' overexposure to hazardous workplace air contaminants. Increasing awareness of employees and employers through training is suggested by this study to improve such conditions.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 물벼룩 감시장치를 이용하여 생태독성 기준 1 TU(Toxic Unit)에 해당하는 물벼룩 감시장치의 TI(Toxic Index)값을 설정하고 NOEC와 $EC_{50}$에서 물벼룩 감시장치를 운영하였을 때 적절히 경보가 발령되어 실시간 생태독성 평가가 가능한 지 타진하였다. 연구목적을 위해 국 내외 관련 자료를 조사하여 선행연구를 하였고 인공 하천수를 대상으로 먹는물 수질감시항목에서 권고하는 59개 유해물질 중 6개(As, Hg, Cr, Diazinon, Dioxane, Phenol) 물질을 채택하여 지수식과 유수식 그리고 정도관리 시험을 실시하였다. 시험결과 NOEC 유수식 시험에서 Diazinon을 제외한 다른 물질들은 TI가 양호단계로 나타났고 $EC_{50}$ Spiking test에서 1 TU 이상과 1 TU 이하를 구분하여 TI는 TU에 상응하게 경보를 발령했다. 본 연구결과는 생태독성관리제도의 보완점을 생각하고 효율적인 관리체계로의 전환을 요구하는 하나의 메시지가 된다.