• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.135-144
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• 2001

This study was performed to measure airborne dimethylformamide(DMF), methyl ethyl ketone(MEK) and toluene and their urinary metabolites concentrations and to determine the relationship between airborne and urinary concentration. Airborne samples and their urinary metabolites were measured 98 male workers who work for 8 synthetic leather factories in a portion of Kyoung-In area. Urine samples were collected at end-of-shift to estimate the exposure levels. 1. The concentration of airborne DMF by process was 8.81 ppm for wet-mixing, 15.05 ppm for wet-coating, 6.03 ppm for dry-mixing, 5.58 ppm for dry-coating, 5.37 ppm for printing, and 9.03 ppm for total. There was statistically significant difference by process. Urinary NMF concentrations of wet-mixing, wet-coating, dry-mixing, dry-coating and printing were $90.55mg/{\ell}$, $79.80mg/{\ell}$, $39.86mg/{\ell}$, $25.23mg/{\ell}$, and $38.15mg/{\ell}$, respectively, and total geometric mean was $56.24mg/{\ell}$. There was significant difference by process. 2. The concentration of airborne MEK by process was 1.89 ppm for wet-mixing, 1.96 ppm for wet-coating, 10.33 ppm for dry-mixing, 29.24 ppm for dry-coating, 14.98 ppm for printing, and 4.87 ppm for total. There was statistically significant difference by process. Urinary MEK concentrations of wetmixing, wet-coating, dry-mixing, dry-coating and printing were $0.93mg/{\ell}$, $0.70mg/{\ell}$, $3.29mg/{\ell}$, $3.29mg/{\ell}$, and $1.06mg/{\ell}$, respectively, and total geometric mean was $1.25mg/{\ell}$. There was statistically significant difference by process. Urinary MEK 3. The concentration of airborne toluene by process was 0.35ppm for wet-mixing, 0.42ppm for wet-coating, 2.95ppm for dry-mixing, 11.67ppm for dry-coating, 4.88ppm for printing, 1.24ppm for total. There was statistically significant difference by process. Urinary hippuric acid concentrations of wet-mixing, wet-coating, dry-mixing, dry-coating and printing were 0.24g/g creatinine, 0.21g/g creatinine, 0.34g/g creatinine, 0.52g/g creatinine, and 0.29g/g creatinine, respctively and total geometric mean was 0.28g/g creatinine. There was statistically significant difference by process. 4. No. of exceeded KPEL was 40 workers(40.8%) for DMF(10ppm), 1 worker(1.0%) for MEK(200ppm), and no worker for toluene(100ppm). No. of exceeded KBEI was 62 workers(63.3%) for urinary NMF($40mg/{\ell}$), 29 workers(29.6%) for urinary MEK, 1 worker(1.0%) for urinary hippuric acid. 5. The regression equations were Log(NMF)=0.4094*Log(DMF)+1.3587(r=0.4516) for DMF, Log(MEKU)=0.1859*Log(MEK)-0.0324(r=0.3303) for MEK, Log(HA)=0.2106*Log(Toluene)-0.5685(r=0.4497) for toluene. Synthetic leather factory workers expose to 3 kinds of organic solvents which are DMF, MEK and toluene. Their urinary NMF and MEK levels were higher than their concentration levels through respiratory. It seems that the urinary levels were affected skin absorption for working habit and alcohol intake.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.692-707
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• 1998

우리나라 근로자의 특성과 산업보건 현실에 적합한 신경행동검사들을 선택하기 위하여 지금까지 국내의 일부 연구에서 사용되었던 신경행동검사들의 타당도를 비교평가하였다. 대구지역의 중소규모 사업장에서 톨루엔, 크실렌, 메틸에틸케톤, 이소프로필알콜, 메탄올에 폭로되는 유기용제 폭로군 96명과 대조군 100명을 대상으로 인구학적 변수와 직업관련 변수를 조사하고, 컴퓨터 신경행동검사 네 가지 검사항목(숫자 더하기, 부호숫자 짝짓기, 숫자 외우기, 손가락 두드리기)과 면접식 신경행동검사 일곱 가지 검사항목(Benton visual retention 검사, 숫자 외우기, 숫자부호 짝짓기, 숫자 더하기, 목적점찍기, 핀꼽기, 막대 두드리기)을 수행하였다. 11개의 신경행동검사 항목들 중 지각과 반응속도 영역에서 컴퓨터 부호숫자 짝짓기, 운동영역에서 컴퓨터 손가락 두드리기 및 미세운동영역에서 핀꼽기의 유사영역의 다른 검사에 비해 타당도가 상대적으로 높은 것으로 평가되었다. 이러한 결과는 산업장 근로자의 중추신경계장애의 선별을 위한 신경행동검사의 선택에 도움이 될 것으로 생각되나 대상자의 폭로기간이 길지 않고 폭로력과 재현성을 고려하지 못한 제한점을 가진다.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2003년도 Challenges and Achievements in Environmental Health
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• pp.187-191
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• 2003

In this study, biomonitoring methods were developed to measure BTEXs exposure level in the air, metabolites of benzene and toluene in human urine, individual susceptibility markers in human blood for evaluation of the health effects about environmental pollution. We have also performed a small-scaled molecular epidemiology study on residents in Chuncheon and workers in workplace for these method applications. The workers in workplace were surveyed as study areas, and the residents in Chuncheon which is in the suburban area were surveyed as comparative areas in this study. Actually, 31 workers in as target group and 33 residences in as control group this epidemiological study. The results obtained from this study were as follows: 1. Benzene is a well-known carcinogen, it's median concentrations were 0.00024∼0.02057ppm at suburban area and 0.002∼00.654ppm at work place, These benzene concentrations were not exceed the OSHA(Occupational Safety and Health Administration) threshold benzene level of 1ppm in the states. 2. Metabolites product of benzene(t,t-Muconic Acid) and toluene(Hippuric Acid) were not significant both in suburban and workplace area. The median concentration of t,t-MA and HA were 0.0122, 1.44277g/g creatinine, respectively. 3. In the case of individual susceptibility markers as CYPlAl, 41.8% of them has homozygous wild type(W) and who has heterozygous variant type(H) was 35.4% and 22.8% of homozygous variant type(M) genetic type. In the case of CYP2E1, 62.82% of them has homozygous wild type(D) type, 34.62% of each has heterozygous variant type (DC) and 2.56% of them has homozygous variant type (CC). Who doesn't have GSTM1 gene was 46.25% and who has GSTM1 gene was 53.75％. Who doesn't have GSTT1 gene was 40.0％ in study groups and who has GSTT1 gene was 60.0%. Who has W genetic type, which is homozygous wild type of GSTP1, was 69.18% and H genetic type, which is heterozygous variant type was 28.4%. M genetic type which is homozygous variant type was 2.4%. 4. Concentration differences of metabolites such as t,t-MA and HA in urine, which is generated by individual susceptibility marker of GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1 gene of Phase I and CYP1A1, CYP2E1 gene of Phase II, was examined. As a result, GSTP1 and GSTM1 indicate slight differences depend on the amount of metabolites in urine, it was not statistically significant.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권6호통권86호
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• pp.811-815
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• 2007

2005년 1월부터 2006년 10월까지 설사환자의 분변 882건에서 27주의 C. jejuni가 분리되어 3.1%의 분리율을 보였으며, 계절별로는 7월에 가장 높은 9주(11.7%)가 분리되었으며, 분리균주 모두는 catalase 양성, hippuric acid를 가수분해하였다. heat-stable antigen을 이용한 PHA법으로 확인한 혈청형은 HS2형이 18.5%로 가장 많이 분리되었으며 Hs1/44형과 HS2l형 이 각각 11.1%, HS4 complex와 HSl9형 이 각각 7.4%,그리고 HSl8형이 3.7%였으며, 40.7%인 11주는 본 실험방법으로 혈청형을 확인할 수 없었다. 항생제에 대한 내성정도는 cephalothin에는 100%의 내성률을 erythromycin과 imipenem에는 0%의 내성률을 나타내어 분리균주 모두 감수성이었다. 항생제별로는 trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole 63.0%, tetracycline 51.9%, ciprofloxacin 37.0%, ampicillin과 nalidixic acid 33.3%, gentamycin 25.9%, clindamycin 7.4%, chlorarmphenicol 3.7%의 순으로 내성률을 보였다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.363-375
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• 1989

It has been well known that peripheral infusion of angiotensin II results in an increase of blood pressure, and an elevation of aldosterone secretion, and an inhibition of renin relase. However, the direct effect of angiotensin II on renal function has not been clearly established. In the present study, to investigate the effect of angiotensin II on renal function and renin release, angiotensin II (0.3, 3 and 10 ng/kg/min) was infused into a unilateral renal artery of the unanesthetized rabbit and changes in renal function and active and inactive renin secretion rate (ARSR, IRSR) were measured. In addition, to determine the relationship between the renal effect of angiotensin II and adenosine, the angiotensin II effect was evaluated in the presence of simultaneously infused 8-phenyltheophylline (8-PT, 30 nmole/min), adenosine A 1 receptor antagonist. Angiotensin II infusion at dose less than 10 ng/kg/min decreased urine flow, clearances of para-amino-hippuric acid and creatinine, and urinary excretion of electrolytes in dose-dependent manner. The changes in urine flow and sodium excretion were significantly correlated with the change in renal hemodynamics. Infusion of angiotensin II at 10 ng/kg/min also decreased ARSR, but it has no significant effect on IRSR. The change in ARSR was inversely correlated with the change in IRSR. The plasma concentration of catecholamine was not altered by an intarenal infusion of angiotensin II. In the presence of 8-PT in the infusate, the effect of angiotensin II on renal function was significantly attenuated, but that on renin secretion was not modified. These results suggest that the reduction in urine flow and Na excretion during intrarenal infusion of angiotensin II was not due to direct inhibitions of renal tubular transport systems, but to alterations of renal hemodynamics which may partly be mediated by the adenosine receptor.

• 분석과학
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.258-267
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• 2000

1995년부터 실시해 온 산업보건 분야의 '유해물질 및 대사물 분석의 실험실간 정도관리 프로그램'(공식명: 특수건강진단기관 분석정도관리)의 5년간 실시 경과와 결과를 보고하고, 고찰을 통하여 우리나라 산업보건분야 실험실 서비스의 질관리를 위한 앞으로의 방향 등을 제시하고자 한다. 산업현장에서 많이 쓰이는 4가지 혈중 중금속과 5가지 유기용제 대사물에 대하여 연구원에서 제조된 표준시료를 분배하고 결과 분석값과 크로마토그람 등 관련 자료들을 분석하여 참가기관에 대한 분석능력 평가를 실시하였다. 연 2회 실시된 정도관리 결과는 인터넷 등을 통하여 고시하여 산업보건 관련 실험실들의 자율적인 질관리 서비스 경쟁을 유도하고, 관련 실험실 서비스의 사용자인 근로자, 사업주, 산업보건 관련자들의 알 권리를 충족시켜, 실험실의 분석데이타에 대한 객관적인 신뢰도를 확보하고 산업보건 서비스의 질 향상에 크게 기여하였다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.147-164
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• 1993

A study has been conducted on developing questionnaires to serve as on site diagnostic tools for the early detection of neuropsychiatric impairment among workers chronically exposed to low-level organic solvents. Two drafts of tentative questionnaires have been developed as follows; several question items were selected from questionnaires which were administered to workers exposed to organic solvents in previous studios and were grouped into each symptom category based on the presence of its association using Guttman scaling method, then these selected items were reviewed by neuropsychiatry specialists. The final draft of the questionnaire (total symptom score=36) was developed by selecting 33 question items which had more than a 0.88 Guttman coefficient of reproducibility in each symptom category from a pilot study in which these tentative questionnaires were administered to workers manufacturing soles. Three plants using organic solvents and one plant never using organic solvents as a control group were selected to test the reliability and validity of the developed questionnaires. The major organic solvent in the workplace environment detected by a personal air sampler and GC/MSD nab toluene. The concentration of toluene in air from the department using organic solvent was statistically different from that of the department never using organic solvent. The concentration of toluene from almost all of the workplace did not exceed the allowable level. There was no statistically significant difference between the concentration of urinary hippuric acid from the workers of the department using organic solvent and that of the department never using it. Total symptom score of the plant never using organic solvents was 9.8 and those of the three plants using organic solvents were 15.6, 14.7, and 13,7 respectively. In order to evaluate the validity of the questionnaires, the workers from two different departments of the plant in which usage of organic solvents are totally dofferemt were compared. The total symptom score was 17.8 for workers of the department using organic solvent and 13.5 for the department never using organic solvent and scores of each symptom group between exposure and non-exposure group also showed statistically significant difference. The finding that total symptom score of the exposure group increased as the duration of employment increased indirectly suggests the usefulness of the developed questionnaire to assess the health effects of chronic exposure to organic solvents. The correlation coefficient, which was calculated to evaluate the test-retest reliability, was 0.581 (p=0.001). The coefficient of Crohnbach which reflects the internal consistency of the questionnaire was 0.91. In conclusion, the reliabilty of the questionnaire was well maintained over the time lapse between the two administrations of the questionnaire and despite the seasonal difference.