• 한국안전학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.62-69
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• 2008

As the concerns of dermal exposure of spray painters to isocyanates in the automobile industry, glove performance was examined like permeation rate and breakthrough time including fatigue test. Methylene chloride was used as the solvent for derivatization of the isocyanates with a 97.5% recovery. Ghost wipe pads were used to wipe the surface of the glove material after chemical penetration through the glove material placed under a disposable test cell. Several solvents were tested, such as thinner(xylene, toluene) and cleaning agent(acetone) by using a standard permeation test cell(AS/NZS standard 2161. part 10.3). Solvents accelerate chemical permeation through the gloves more quickly than pure HDI hardener products. The longest breakthrough times were from Nitrosolve gloves, not detected in 8 hours, compared with others like Latex, Neoprene, TNT and Dermo Plus. Therefore Nitrosolve gloves could be recommended as personal protective equipment in crash repair shops. In addition, revised exposure limit of korean regulation should be suggested for employee to minimize the risk of health symptoms.

• 분석과학
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.261-268
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• 2014

선진국에서 유해물질을 함유하는 소비자 제품의 위해성 관리를 위해 CONSEXPO등의 다양한 소비자 노출평가 모델을 개발하여 소비자 제품에 함유된 유해화학물질의 노출로 인한 위해도를 평가하고 이를 규제 기준의 설정근거로 활용하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 다양한 시나리오에 적용할 수 있는 노출평가 모델을 검토하고 대상 제품을 선정하여 적정 모델을 적용하여 위해성 평가 단계에 따라 위해성 평가를 하여 제품 별 위해성 평가 기법을 마련하고자 하였다. 작성된 노출 시나리오를 바탕으로 노출 계수를 선정한 뒤 CONSEXPO 노출평가 모델을 기반으로 하여 알고리즘을 작성 한 결과 프탈레이트류의 경우 일부 장판에서 전이량이 검출되었으나 함량과 전이량의 상관관계를 살펴본 결과 r-square 0.0065으로 상관관계가 거의 없는 것으로 나타나, 이 결과를 기준으로 함량 기준값을 산출하는 것은 무리가 있다고 사료되며 현행제품기준을 유지하는 것이 무방할 것으로 판단된다. 휘발성유기화합물 또한 인체에 유해하지 않은 것으로 나타났으므로 현행 기준을 준수 할 경우 큰 무리가 없을 것으로 것을 판단, 새로운 기준을 제시 하지 않았다. 중금속의 경우 전이량이 검출되지 않았으므로 위해성 평가는 수행하지 않았다. 따라서 경피노출로 인한 인체의 유해가능성은 매우 적을 것으로 판단할 수 있다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.184-189
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• 2012

Keloid disease is a fibroproliferative dermal tumor with an unknown etiology that occurs after a skin injury in genetically susceptible individuals. Increased familial aggregation, a higher prevalence in certain races, parallelism in identical twins, and alteration in gene expression all favor a remarkable genetic contribution to keloid pathology. It seems that the environment triggers the disease in genetically susceptible individuals. Several genes have been implicated in the etiology of keloid disease, but no single gene mutation has thus far been found to be responsible. Therefore, a combination of methods such as association, gene-gene interaction, epigenetics, linkage, gene expression, and protein analysis should be applied to determine keloid etiology.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.317-329
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• 1992

Fifty chemicals are currently classified as human carcinogens based on epidemiologic and animal data. Humans are daily exposed to them from various sources of exposure via inhalation, dermal contact and oral ingestion. To reduce cancer risk to man, these human carcinogens should be appropriately regulated and monitored environmentally or biologically for routine human cancer risk assessment. A number of mathematical risk assessment models have been introduced, but any realistic and relevant model system is not available for humans. A mechanistic process for human cancer risk assessment was comprehensively reviewed and problems were also discussed. Here, a new conceptual approach using epidemiology and biological human monitoring was suggested for the most relevant method to study human cancer risk assessment.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.156-159
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• 2023

Breast implants whether used for cosmetic or reconstructive purposes can be placed in pockets either above or below the pectoralis major muscle, depending on clinical circumstances such as subcutaneous tissue volume, history of radiation, and patient preference. Likewise, cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) can be placed above or below the pectoralis major muscle. When a patient has both devices, knowledge of the pocket location is important for procedural planning and for durability of device placement and performance. Here, we report a patient who previously failed subcutaneous CIED placement due to incision manipulation with prior threatened device exposure requiring plane change to subpectoral pocket. Her course was complicated by submuscular migration of the CIED into her breast implant periprosthetic pocket. With subcutaneous plane change being inadvisable due to patient noncompliance, soft tissue support of subpectoral CIED placement with an acellular biologic matrix (ABM) was performed. Similar to soft tissue support used for breast implants, submuscular CIED neo-pocket creation with ABM was performed with durable CIED device positioning confirmed at 9 months postprocedure.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2015

Safety of reclaimed wastewater irrigation needs to be evaluated to promote public health. Quantitative microbial and toxic risk assessment was conducted to identify the level of risk for farmland workers who use reclaimed wastewater and groundwater in Jeju island. Microbial risk through inhalation and ingestion exposure was below acceptable level (less than $10^{-3}$) of $7.07{\times}10^{-6}$ for reclaimed wastewater and $9.99{\times}10^{-8}$ for groundwater irrigation worker. Aggregate exposure risk of Ni, As and Cu was most contributable to overall risk in both reclaimed wastewater and groundwater irrigation plot. High cumulative exposure risk was estimated through non-dietary soil ingestion and dermal contact of soil, due to the high concentration of As, Cu and Ni in farmland soil. Overall toxic risk was $2.68{\times}10^{-4}$ for reclaimed water and $2.39{\times}10^{-4}$ for groundwater irrigation, which could not meet acceptable toxic risk level of $10^{-6}$. Further efforts, such as provide personal protective equipments or public health education, need to be implicated to reduce adverse health risk.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.306-312
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• 2018

In a previous study, we have demonstrated that S-methylmethionine sulfonium (SMMS) confers wound-healing and photoprotective effects on the skin, suggesting that SMMS can be used as a cosmetic raw material. However, it has an unpleasant odor. Therefore, in the present study, we synthesized odor-free SMMS derivatives by eliminating dimethyl sulfide, which is the cause of the unpleasant odor and identified two derivatives that exhibited skin-protective effects: one derivative comprised (2S,4S)- and (2R,4S)-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid and the other comprised (2S,4R)-, (2S,4S)-, (2R,4R)-, and (2R,4S)-2-phenyl-1,3-thiazinane-4-carboxylic acid. We performed in vitro proliferation assays using human dermal fibroblasts (hDFs) and an immortalized human keratinocyte cell line (HaCaT). The two SMMS derivatives were shown to increase hDF and HaCaT cell proliferation as well as improve their survival by protecting against ultraviolet exposure. Moreover, the derivatives regulated the expression of collagen type I and MMP mRNAs against ultraviolet exposure in hDFs, suggesting that these derivatives can be developed as cosmetic raw materials.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제26권
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• pp.8.1-8.9
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• 2011

Objectives: This study assessed the health risks for children exposed to phthalate through several pathways including house dust, surface wipes and hand wipes in child facilities and indoor playgrounds. Methods: The indoor samples were collected from various children's facilities (40 playrooms, 42 daycare centers, 44 kindergartens, and 42 indoor-playgrounds) in both summer (Jul-Sep, 2007) and winter (Jan-Feb, 2008). Hazard index (HI) was estimated for the non-carcinogens and the examined phthalates were diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), diethyl phthalate (DEP), dibutyl-n-butyl phthalate (DnBP), and butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP). The present study examined these four kinds of samples, i.e., indoor dust, surface wipes of product and hand wipes. Results: Among the phthalates, the detection rates of DEHP were 98% in dust samples, 100% in surface wipe samples, and 95% in hand wipe samples. In this study, phthalate levels obtained from floor dust, product surface and children's hand wipe samples were similar to or slightly less compared to previous studies. The $50^{th}$ and $95^{th}$ percentile value of child-sensitive materials did not exceed 1 (HI) for all subjects in all facilities. Conclusions: For DEHP, DnBP and BBzP their detection rates through multi-routes were high and their risk based on health risk assessment was also observed to be acceptable. This study suggested that ingestion and dermal exposure could be the most important pathway of phthalates besides digestion through food.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.2230-2243
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• 2022

The tin tailing processing industry in Malaysia has operated with minimal regard and awareness for material management and working environment safety, impacting the environment and workers in aspects of radiation and heavy metal exposure. RIA was conducted where environmental samples were analyzed, revealing concentrations of ²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K between the range of 0.1-10.0, 0.0-25.7, and 0.1-5.8 Bq/g respectively, resulting in the AED exceeding UNCEAR recommended value and regulation limit enforced by AELB (1 mSv/y). Ra_eq calculated indicates that samples collected pose a significant threat to human health from gamma-ray exposure. Assessment of heavy metal content via pollution indices of soil and sediment showed significant contamination and enrichment from processing activities conducted. As and Fe were two of the highest metals exposed both via soil ingestion with an average of 4.6 × 10^-3 mg/kg-day and 1.4 × 10^-4 mg/kg-day, and dermal contact with an average of 5.6 × 10^-4 mg/kg-day and 6.0 × 10^-4. mg/kg-day respectively. Exposure via accidental ingestion of soil and sediment could potentially cause adverse non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic health effect towards workers in the industry. Correlation analysis indicates the presence of a relationship between the concentration of NORM and trace elements.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2003

Methidation을 흰쥐에 경구투여 및 피부도포 후 뇨 중 대사물질을 GC/MS로 분석하였고, 투여경로에 따른 뇨 중 대사물질의 차이를 비교하였으며, 뇨 중 dialkyl phosphte의 시간별 배설량과 그 외 대사물질을 측정하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. Methidathion을 경구투여 및 피부도포 후 뇨 중 대사물질을 측정한 결과 유기인계 농약의 공통적인 대사물질인 dialkyl phosphtes 중 세 가지 물질인 DMP, DMTP 및 DMDTP로 동일하게 배설되었다. GC/MS로 주요조각이온을 확인한 결과 DMP는 m/z=153, 127, 109, DMTP는 m/z=198, 142, 109 그리고, DMDTP는 m/z-158, 125, 93에서 분자이온을 확인할 수 있었다. Methidathion을 경구투여 및 피부도포 후 뇨 중 dialkyl phosphtes의 시간별 배설량을 측정한 결과 경구투여의 경우 DMP는 12시간 이내에 79.2%, DMTP는 24시간 이내에 93.3% 그리고, DMDTP는 12시간 이내에 83.0%가 배설되었고, 피부도포의 경우 DMP는 24시간 이내에 71.1%, DMTP와 DMDTP는 48시간 이내에 각각 82.8%, 87.7%가 배설되었다. 이 결과 경구투여 한 실험에서는 48시간 이내에 뇨 중 dialkyl phosphtes가 완전히 배설되는 반면 피부도포 한 실험에서는 각 개체의 상태에 따라 대사물질들이 늦게는 168시간까지 배설이 지연됨을 알 수 있었다. 이상의 결과를 종합하면, 흰쥐에 methidathion을 경구투여 및 피부도포 후 뇨 중 대사물질을 측정한 결과 dialkyl phosphate 중 DMP, DMTP로 검출되었으며, 경구 투여와 피부도포 시 뇨 중 대사물질의 차이는 없었으나, 경구투여보다 피부도포의 경우 배설이 더 지연되었다. 결론적으로, methidathion의 뇨 중 대사물질인 DMP, DMTP 및 DMDTP는 이 농약의 생체모니터링 지표물질로서 사용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.