• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2017

A huge number of chemicals are produced and used in the world, and some of them can have negative effects on the reproductive health of workers. To date, most chemicals and work environments have not been studied for their potential to have damaging effects on the workers' reproductive system. Because of the lack of information, many workers may not be aware that such problems can be related to occupational exposures. Newly industrialized countries such as Republic of Korea have rapidly amassed chemicals and other toxicants that pose health hazards, especially to the reproductive systems of workers. This literature review provides an overview of peer-reviewed literature regarding the teratogenic impact and need for safe handling of chemicals. Literature searches were performed using PubMed, Google Scholar, and ScienceDirect. Search strategies were narrowed based on author expertise and 100 articles were chosen for detailed analysis. A total of 47 articles met prespecified inclusion criteria. The majority of papers contained studies that were descriptive in nature with respect to the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms and keywords: "reproductive and heath or hazard and/or workplace or workers or occupations." In the absence of complete information about the safe occupational handling of chemicals in Republic of Korea (other than a material safety data sheet), this review serves as a valuable reference for identifying and remedying potential gaps in relevant regulations. The review also proposes other public health actions including hazard surveillance and primary prevention activities such as reduction, substitution, ventilation, as well as protective equipment.

• 사상체질의학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.34-42
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• 2013

Objectives The purpose of this study was analyzing the equality between the MeSH terms and the keyword used in the papers published in Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine and investigating how to use an appropriate MeSH terms as keyword in the papers. Methods A total of 704 keyword used in 177 papers published from 2009 to 2012 in Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine were analyzed to investigate the equality between the keyword and the MeSH terms. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS 17.0 software for frequency analysis. Results Among the 704 keyword, 107 keyword(15.2%) was perfectly matched with the MeSH terms. 64 keyword(9.1%) showed partial difference was with the MeSH terms, and 11 keyword(1.7%) showed partial difference was with the Entry terms. 127 keyword(18.0%) were included in the exception item due to the nature of journal, and 395 keyword(56.1%) were not perfectly matched with the MeSH terms. In the yearly analysis result, the number of papers that keyword and MeSH terms perfectly matched was not significant changed, however the number of papers that keyword and MeSH terms did not matched was continuously increased, which clearly indicate use of MeSH terms as the keyword of the papers published in the journal of Sasang constitution medicine is insufficient. Conclusions The papers published in journal of Sasang constitutional medicine need to be cited in various fields and the paper's finding need to affect in other studies for the development of Korean medicine and Sasang constitutional medicine. The use of proper keyword aligned with the international standards is necessary to accomplish the globalization of them.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.223-235
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to summarize the impact of neck and head radiation treatment on maxillofacial structures detected on panoramic radiographs. Materials and Methods: In this systematic review, the authors searched PubMed Central, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, and Google Scholar for original research studies up to February 2020 that included the following Medical Subject Headings keywords: words related to "radiotherapy" and synonyms combined with keywords related to "panoramic radiography" and "oral diagnosis" and synonyms. Only original studies in English that investigated the maxillofacial effects of radiotherapy via panoramic radiographs were included. The quality of the selected manuscripts was evaluated by assessing the risk of bias using Cochrane's ROBINS-I tool for non-randomized studies. Results: Thirty-three studies were eligible and included in this review. The main objectives pertained to the assessment of the effects of radiation on maxillofacial structures, including bone architecture alterations, periodontal space widening, teeth development abnormalities, osteoradionecrosis, and implant bone loss. The number of participants evaluated ranged from 8 to 176. Conclusion: The interaction between ionizing radiation and maxillofacial structures results in hazard to the tissues involved, particularly the bone tissue, periosteum, connective tissue of the mucosa, and endothelium. Hard tissue changes due to radiation therapy can be detected on panoramic radiographs.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.64-74
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• 2024

최근 의료기관 관련 홍역 유행 사례가 보고되고 있지만, 유행 역학조사 보고서가 표준화되어 있지 않아 질병부담의 크기를 이해하는 데 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 의료기관 관련 감염을 측정하기 위해 개발된 Outbreak Reports and Intervention Studies of Nosocomial Infection (ORION) 조사도구를 사용하여 병원 내에서의 홍역 발생의 크기를 측정하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus 및 Cochrane에서 "measles," "nosocomial," "hospital," 및 "healthcare" 등의 주제어를 사용하여 검색을 수행하였다. 총 24건의 의료기관 관련 홍역 유행 역학조사 연구를 ORION 도구를 활용하여 검토했다. 연구 결과 전 세계적으로 의료기관 내에서의 홍역 전파는 발병률, 사망률 및 경제적으로 중대한 부담을 주고 있는 것을 확인하였다. 의료기관 관련 홍역을 예방하기 위해 의사 및 간호사 등 의료 종사자들의 예방접종 지침이 준수되어야 할 것이며, 특히 표준화된 유행 역학조사 보고서의 활용이 필요하다.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.79-108
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• 2021

헬스 분야에서 정보 검색의 어려움 중의 하나는 일반 사용자들이 전문적인 용어들을 이해하기가 어렵다는 점이다. 헬스와 관련된 전문 용어들은 일반 사용자들이 검색어로 사용하기 어렵기 때문에 이러한 전문 용어들이 자동적으로 검색어에 더해질 수 있다면 좀 더 검색의 효과를 높일 수 있을 것이다. 제안된 검색어 확장 모델은 전문 용어를 포함하는 MeSH(Medical Subject Headings)를 검색어 확장을 위한 단어 후보 군으로 이용하였다. 문서들은 MeSH용어들로 표현이 되고 이렇게 표현된 문서들의 집합에 대해서 LDA(Latent Dirichlet Analysis) 토픽들이 생성된 후, (검색어+초기 검색어에 의해 검색된 상위 k개 문서들)에 연관된 토픽 단어들이 원래의 검색어를 확장하는 데 쓰여졌다. MeSH로 구성된 토픽 단어들은 임의로 정해진 토픽 확률 임계값과 토픽을 구성하는 단어의 확률 임계값보다 높았을 때 초기의 검색어에 포함되었다. 특정수의 토픽을 갖는 LDA 모델에서 이러한 적절한 임계값의 설정을 통해 선택된 토픽 단어들은 검색어 확장에 이용되어 검색시에 infAP(inferred Average Precision)와 infNDCG(inferred Normalized Discounted Cumulative Gain)를 높이는데 효과적으로 작용하였다. 또한 토픽 확률값과 토픽 단어의 확률값을 곱하여 계산된 토픽 단어의 스코어가 높은 상위 k개의 단어를 검색어를 확장하는 데 이용하였을 때에도 검색의 성능이 향상될 수 있음을 확인하였다.