• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2002

유방촬영에 대한 화질과 평균유선조직선량에 대하여 실험한 결과 반가층은 장치마다 큰 차이를 나타내지 않았으며, 자동노출기구를 사용할 경우 정확성에 문제가 있으므로 확인이 필요하다. 유방촬영에 사용되는 자동현상기 또한 꼭 관리가 필요하며, 유방촬영 시 사용되는 증감지/필름에 따라서 팬톰 촬영 식별능에 많은 영향을 받고 있으므로 선택 시 신중을 기해야 한다. 유방두께 4.2 cm에 대한 평균유선조직 선량은 관전압에 따라 달라지며, ACR기준인 3.0 mGy보다 훨씬 적은 $0.26{\sim}1.39\;mGy$로 나타났다. 이상에서 알 수 있듯이 유방촬영에서는 촬영장치의 성능뿐만 아니라 HVL, AEC, 자동현상기 관리, 증감지/필름 등 모두 관리가 되어야 하며, 이로 인해 평균유선조직선량은 더 줄일 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.464-476
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• 2019

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the exposure levels of tollbooth workers to diesel particulate matter using black carbon (BC) and to find the correlations among variables associated with BC using the motor vehicle management act regulated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Methods: This study was performed over 14 days at a university in Seoul. BC levels were monitored using an aethalometer and were conducted around the breathing zones of the workers. There were three sampling locations: inside the tollbooth (front gate and rear gate) and an office as a control group. T-test, correlation, and multiple linear regression analysis were performed using SPSS. Results: The geometric mean (GM) of BC_30min concentrations in the exposure group was 2.44 ㎍/㎥, approximately 1.4 times higher than the control group (1.75 ㎍/㎥). The GM of BC_30min concentrations was 2.75 ㎍/㎥ during the heavy traffic time (9-10 am) and 2.30 ㎍/㎥ during non-heavy traffic times (p<0.001). The multiple linear regression analysis shows that the number of all types of vehicles and PM_2.5 concentrations in the atmosphere were factors increasing the GM of BC(ln(BC_30min)) concentrations (adjusted R²=0.42, p<0.001). The workers were constantly exposed to low concentrations (GM of BC_30min=2.44 ㎍/㎥), but they were exposed to peak concentrations instantly (BC_10sec=3545.04 ㎍/㎥). When the GM of BC_30min concentrations was momentarily represented as high, it was identified that a vehicle mainly using diesel fuel or an aging vehicle had passed. Conclusions: A ventilation system should be installed in the closed tollbooth or aging vehicles should be controlled so as not to pass tollbooths.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제68권4호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2024

내분비 교란 화학물질(EDCs)은 생체 외부로부터 유입되어 인체의 내분비 기관 내에서 호르몬 작용을 교란시키는 화합물이다. 파라벤, 벤조페논, 비스페놀, 프탈레이트 등이 대표적이며, 현재 광범위한 분야에서 사용되고 있다. 하지만 이들에게 지속적으로 노출되면 혈당조절, 생식, 대사, 신경계 발달, 임신, 출산, 성장 등에 부정적인 영향을 끼칠 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 EDCs의 노출정도를 파악하기 위하여 인체시료(소변)를 liquid-liquid-extraction을 사용하여 전처리한 뒤 UPLC-MS/MS로 효과적이고 빠르게 분석하였다. 이와 같이 분석조건을 확립하고, 분석법의 유효성 검증을 통해 동시분석법의 신뢰도를 평가하였다. 결과는 정확도가 75.28~122.36%, 정밀도가 2.16~22.74%의 수치를 보였다. 본 연구에서 확립된 분석법은 추후 인체시료 중 EDCs의 노출을 평가하고 모니터링할 수 있는 연구의 방법론으로 이용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.93-102
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• 2012

방사선 의료기술의 발달로 의료 방사선 영역에서 환자와 종사자의 피폭선량을 최소로 유지하고 많은 정보가 포함된 영상을 제공하고 있다. 그러나 장치의 성능 저하는 선량의 증가와 화질의 저하로 환자 및 의료진에게 손실을 줄 수도 있다. 따라서 영상의 질을 저하시키는 원인을 분석하고 X선 발생장치의 부적합을 점검하여야 하며, 장비의 고장 가능성을 예견하고 방지하기 위해서는 정기적인 정도관리가 반드시 필요하다. 본 연구는 수도권에 소재한 의원, 교육기관 그리고 종합병원을 대상으로 진단방사선안전관리규정의 일반방사선장비 검사기준을 준용하여 관전압시험, mAs시험, 광조아야 오차시험, 조사선량 재현성시험, 반가층시험, 조사시간 재현성 시험을 시행하였다. 개인 및 교육기관의 경우 일반촬영장비 22대를 대상으로 시험한 결과 관전압시험에서 18.2%, 조사선량 재현성시험에서 13.6%, mAs시험에서 9.1% 그리고 반가층 시험에서 13.6%가 부적합으로 측정되었다. 종합병원의 경우 28대의 장비에서는 조사선량재현성시험에서 7.1%, 광조사야 오차시험에서 7.1%, 조사시간 재현성시험에서 7.1% 부적합이 나타났다. 종합병원의 경우 정도관리의 중요성을 인식하고 장비업체의 예방점검 체결 및 원내에 정도관리 팀을 구성하여 적극적인 관리가 이루어지고 있어 대부분의 시험에서 기준을 충족하였으나 개인의원에서는 상대적으로 관리가 미흡한 실정이다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.395-400
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• 2001

The present study analyze the morphological aspects of the cerebrum of mice with prenatal exposure to high and low dose (0.5, 1, 2 Gy) of $\gamma$-radiation on gestation day 12 or 16. The animal were allowed to give birth and the offspring were sacrificed at postnatal days 28 for gross and microscopic examination of cerebrum. Their body weight, brain weight, brain length, brain width, cortical thickness and area of cingulum bundle were examined. The histological and planimetric analysis were performed observing coronal sections. The gross malfomation (microcephaly) and abnormality of cortical architecture were prominent after exposure to 2 Gy on day 12 of gestation. significant dose-related reductions in body weight, brain weight, brain size were found in all irradiated groups. A significant change was found in thickness of the cerebral cortex and area of the cingulum bundle in the groups exposed to 0.5 Gy or more. There was no difference a lamina patter of six layers in cerebral cortex between the control and irradiated groups, but cell packing density increased significantly in the group exposed to 1 Gy or more. These results suggested that dose as low as 0.5 Gy could cause a morphologically reduce change in developing mouse cerebrum and exposure on day 12 of gestation to $\gamma$-irradiation is a particularly sensitive phase in causing malformation and abnormality of central nerve system.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.123-136
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• 2013

Objectives: This paper was prepapred to report airborne asbestos fiber concentrations in asbestos textile, brake-lining, commutator, and building materials manufacturing industries, and some other asbestos related industries in Korea from 1994 to 2006. Methods: Airborne asbestos data that have been sampled and analyzed in the above industries during 1994-2006 were collected. These data were reviewed to scrutinize the qualified data based on the records such as sampling and analyzed method and quality control procedures. All asbestos data were generated using the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) Method 7400. Results: Average concentration of asbestos fiber was 2.14 fibers/cc(0.02-15.6 fibers/cc) in the asbestos textile industry, 0.26 fibers/cc(0.01-1.01 fibers/cc) in the building-materials industry, 0.15 fibers/cc(0.01-0.93 fibers/cc) in the brake-lining manufacturing industry, and 0.14 fibers/cc(0.03-1.36 fibers/cc) in the commutator producing industry. For these industries, the percentage of samples of which asbestos fiber concentrations above the limit of exposure(0.1 fibers/cc) was 97.6% in the asbestos textile industry, 62.3% in the building-materials industry, 53.5% in the brake-lining manufacturing industry, and 34.3% in the commutator producing industry. Asbestos fiber concentration was below the limit of exposure in the gasket producing, petrochemistry, musical instrument producing industries, and the brake-lining exchange operations. Conclusions: Airborne asbestos fiber level in the asbestos textile, brake-lining producing, commutator and building-material producing industries was above the limit of exposure, but in the gasket producing, petrochemistry, musical instrument producing industries and the brake-lining exchange operations were below the limit of exposure.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2005

Mancozeb (MCZ) is known to have detrimental effects on the reproductive system, but the toxicity of MCZ on immune responses has not been systematically investigated. We investigated the effects of MCZ exposure on the activities of murine peritoneal macrophages through evaluation of MCZ-induced alteration of nitric oxide (NO) production and tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}(TNF-\alpha)$ synthesis. Macrophages were examined ex vivo from mice orally treated with various doses of MCZ for 5 consecutive days per week for 4 weeks (subacute exposure, 250, 1000, 1500 mg/kg/day) followed by culture for 2 $(TNF-{\alpha})$ or 3 days (NO) in the presence of LPS plus $IFN-{\gamma}$. Macrophages from naive mice were also cultured with various concentrations of MCZ (0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 1 and 2 ${\mu}g//mIL$ in the presence of LPS plus $IFN-{\gamma}$ for 2 $(TNF-{\alpha})$ or 3 days (NO) in vitro. NO production was decreased with the in vitro exposure to all concentrations of MCZ. However, the amount of NO production by peritoneal macrophages from MCZ-subacutely exposed mice was increased in comparision with that of control group. In vitro, MCZ suppressed $(TNF-\alpha)$ secretion with significant reduction at 2 ${\mu}g/mL$ MCZ. Conversely, $(TNF-{\alpha})$ release was enhanced ex vivo. This study provides the substantial evidence on MCZ-induced alternation in macrophage activity. In order to clearly understand the contrasting effect of MCZ on peritoneal macrophage activity, it is necessary to further investigate the influence of major metabolite of MCZ (ETU) exposure on the NO production and $(TNF-{\alpha})$ synthesis.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2009

Although prion diseases, a group of fatal neurodegenerative diseases of human and animals, are presumed to be caused by several mechanisms including abnormal change of prion protein, oxidative stress is still believed to play a central role in development of the diseases. Cigarette smoking has a few beneficial effects on neuronal diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease despite of many detrimental effects. In this study, we investigated how chronic cigarette smoking could exert such beneficial effect against oxidative damage. For this study, homogenates of 87V scrapie-infected brain was inoculated on intracerebral system of IM mice through stereotaxic microinjection and biochemical properties concerning with oxidative stress were examined. The scrapie infection decreased the activity of mitochondrial Mn-containing superoxide dismutase by 50% of the control, meanwhile the effects on other antioxidant enzymes including Cu or Zn-containing superoxide dismutase were not significant. Additionally, the infection elevated superoxide level as well as monoamine oxide-B (MAO-B) in the infected brain. Interestingly, many of the detrimental effects were improved in partial or significantly by long-term cigarette smoke exposure (CSE). CSE not only completely prevented the generation of mitochondrial superoxide but also significantly (p<0.05) decreased the elevated mitochondrial MAO-B activity in the infected brain. Concomitantly, CSE prevented subsequent protein oxidation and lipid peroxidation caused by scrapie infection; however, it did not affect the activities of antioxidant enzymes. These results suggest that chronic exposure of cigarette smoke contribute to in part preventing the progress of neurodegeneration caused by scrapie infection.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.158-166
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between airborne total dust and man-made mineral fibers (MMMF), and to estimate total dust concentration to maintain below the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value (TLV$^{(R)}$) for the MMMF. The regression coefficients between airborne total dust concentrations and fiber concentrations determined in the industries producing glass fibers, rock wool. refractory ceramic and continuous filament glass fibers products were 0.41, 0.42, 0.20 and 0.19, respectively. The size characteristics of fibers as well as the amounts of contaminated non-fibrous dusts could affect the correlation intensities. When total dust and fiber exposure data were compared with the occupational exposure limits, there was a large gap between two evaluation results. The regression coefficient between total dust and fiber data was increased ($r^2=0.88$) in the process of insulation installation generating in the higher levels of glass or rock wool fibers. In this case, an estimated total dust concentration of glass wool or rock wool fibers complying with the ACGIH TLV (1 f/cc) was $1.7mg/m^3$. In conclusion, the total dust and fibers concentrations was highly correlated at the higher exposure levels so that total dust-monitoring data could be used to control simply and economically and to estimate worker's exposure to fibers.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제47권12호
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• pp.865-873
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• 2019

유도탄의 생존율을 향상시키기 위해서는 레이더에 의한 피탐성을 낮춰야 하는데 이는 레이더 반사 면적과 레이더에서 목표까지의 상대 거리의 함수로 주어진다. 또한 유도탄의 레이더 반사 면적은 레이더에서 방출되는 전자기파에 대한 목표물의 입사각에 의해 결정된다. 본 논문에서는 유도탄이 적절한 자세 제어 시스템을 갖추고 있다는 가정 하에 고고도에서 레이더에 의한 피탐성을 최소화하기 위한 유도탄의 자세를 조사한다. 레이더 반사 면적의 총합과 신호 대 잡음 비의 총합, 두 가지 다른 유형의 성능 비용을 고려한다. SQP 기법을 이용하여 단일 레이더 및 다수의 레이더에 대한 최적해를 산출한다.