• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.106-113
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• 2012

국내 식품의 수은 함량 실태를 검토하여 우리나라 국민의 중금속 노출수준에 따른 안전성을 평가하고자 하였다. 우리나라 국민 전체의 중금속 노출수준을 파악하기 위하여 Monte-Carlo simulation에 기반을 둔 확률론적(probabilistic) 위해평가를 실시하였다. 노출평가를 통해 추정된 인구집단의 식이를 통한 중금속 노출량으로부터 JECFA에서 제시한 PTWI 대비 위해도(%)를 산출하여 노출수준의 위해정도를 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 중금속 안전성 평가를 위한 대상 식품 선정은 식품의약품안전청에서 2000년대에 수행한 중금속 관련 연구과제 중 중금속 함량 원시자료가 확보된 178 식품 품목, 17,965건에 대하여 실시하였다. 식품섭취량 및 체중은 질병관리본부에서 발간한 '국민건강영양조사 4기 2차년도(2008년)' 자료를 활용하였다. 수은 함량은 농산물이 0.115(과실류)-45.448(버섯류) ${\mu}g/kg$이었고 육류는 3.723 ${\mu}g/kg$, 수산물은 9.344(극피 척색류)-194.914(어류) ${\mu}g/kg$, 가공식품에는 0.680(주류)-4.412(가공식품) ${\mu}g/kg$이었다. 식품을 통한 수은 섭취량은 4.29 ${\mu}g/kg$으로 PTWI 대비 13.6% 수준이었으며, 극단(P95) 섭취량은 12.48 ${\mu}g/day$로 PTWI 대비 39.7% 수준이었다. 따라서, 우리나라 국민의 식이를 통한 수은 노출은 위해우려가 낮은 수준이었으며 이는 제외국과 유사하거나 낮은 수준이었다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.195-202
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• 2015

본 연구는 국내 담수외래종의 연구동향을 파악하기 위해서 비정형 데이터로부터 키워드 간의 연계성을 파악하는 데 적합한 텍스트마이닝 (text-mining)기법을 이용하였다. 환경부가 지정한 담수외래종 17종 (포유류 1종, 양서 파충류 3종, 어류 11종, 식물 2종)의 학명과 국명 또한 일반 검색어로 이용하여 56개의 국내 학회 및 기관에서 발행된 총 245편 논문을 개체군 수준에서 분석하였다. 담수외래종에 대한 연구는 90년대에 증가하여 2000년대 이후 감소하는 양상을 보였으며 외래종의 생리 및 발생에 대한 연구가 분류, 생태에 대한 연구보다 유의하게 많았다. 특히, 무지개 송어 (44%/전체 논문편수), 나일틸라피아 (19%), 이스라엘 잉어 (8%), 은연어 (4%)와 같이 수산자원으로 이용하기 위해 도입된 종들에 대한 연구가 많았다. 하지만 담수외래종의 생태적 특성과 분포, 행동에 대한 연구는 뉴트리아와 큰입우럭, 황소개구리로 제한되어 있고 연구 수 역시 생리 및 발생 관련 연구에 비해 적었다. 지금까지 담수외래종들의 위해성과 문제점은 계속 제기되고 있지만, 분석 결과 연구 주제가 편향되어있어 그들의 생태적인 문제를 해결하기에는 정보가 부족한 것으로 보인다. 담수외래종의 효과적인 관리를 위해서는 그들에 대한 다각적인 접근과 폭넓은 연구주제의 설정이 필요하다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.26-30
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 식품에서의 L. monocytogenes에 대한 기초자료를 제공하고자 2010년부터 2011년까지 서울지역에서 수거된 식품 총 1042건에서 L. monocytogenes를 분리하여 항생제 감수성 검사를 하였다. 김밥 4건(0.8%), 육회 4건(2.6%), 연어제품 2건(11.1%), 돈육식품과 조리된 생선에서 각 1건씩(각5.9%, 6.3%) 총 12균주가 분리 동정되었다. 분리 균주를 20종의 항생제에 검사한 결과 대다수 항생제(16종)에 감수성을 나타내었지만 cefotetan (11균주), cefotaxime (7균주), cefepime (6균주)에서 내성을 나타냈으며 3균주에서 임상치료에 자주 사용되는 tetracycline에 대해서 내성을 나타내었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.8-16
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• 1998

1995년 11월부터 1996년 10월까지 경남 삼천포 인근해역에서 채집된 불볼락의 성숙 및 생식주기를 주로 조직학적 방범에 의해 연구하였다. 난소내부는 난소외막으로부터 시작된 여러겹의 난소박판으로 구성되며 이곳에서 난원세포가 유래한다 난모세포는 성장하면서 난소박판 내부에서 부터 난소강쪽으로 돌출되어 난병에 의해 난소박판에 연결된다. 정소의 내부조직상은 다수의 정세관으로 구성된다. 각각의 정세관은 여러개의 소낭구조를 가지는데 각 소낭내의 생식세포들은 같은 단계의 발달상태를 보인다. 생물학적 최소형은 암컷은 전장 19.5cm, 수컷은 전장 21.5cm이다. 암컷의 생식소중량지수는 3월에 9.56으로 연중 최고치를 나타냈으며, 8월에는 0.15로 최저치를 나타냈다. 수컷의 생식소중량지수는 2월에 0.25로 최고치를 나타냈으며, 7월에는 0.04로 연중 최저치를 나타냈다. 생식주기는 암컷은 성장기 ($10\~11$월), 성숙기 ($12\~2$월), 임신기 (3월), 출산 및 회복기 ($4\~6$월) 그리고 휴지기 ($7\~9$월)로 나눌 수 있다. 수컷의 생식주기는 성장기 ($9\~11$월), 성숙기 ($12\~1$월), 완숙 및 교미기 ($2\~3$월) 그리고 퇴화 및 휴지기 ($4\~8$월)로 나눌 수 있다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.190-195
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• 2015

이 연구는 초등학생 15명을 대상으로 어린이에서 아말감 제거시 노출되는 수은에 따라 인체내 요중 수은 농도에 미치는 영향과 성별에 따라 요중 수은 농도의 관련성을 조사하고자 하였다. 연구대상자의 평균 요중 수은 농도는 초기 검진 시 $2.77{\mu}g$ Hg/g creatinine, 제거 직후 $2.75{\mu}g$ Hg/g creatinine, 제거 후 24시간 $2.95{\mu}g$ Hg/g creatinine, 제거 후 48시간 $4.00{\mu}g$ Hg/g creatinine으로 높아지는 경향을 보였다. 성별에 따라 남학생에 비해 여학생에서 요중 수은 농도가 초기 검진시 1.23배(0.65~2.33배), 아말감 제거 직후 2.80배(0.93~8.65배), 아말감 제거 후 24시간 1.97배(0.90~4.32배), 아말감 제거 후 48시간 1.99배(0.93~4.28배)로 높은 것으로 나타났으나 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 아말감 치면 수와 생선 섭취를 보정한 후 남학생에 비해 여학생에서 요중 수은 농도가 초기 검진시 1.26배(0.58~2.70배), 아말감 제거 직후 2.88배(0.86~9.68배), 아말감 제거 후 24시간 1.97배(0.87~4.47배), 아말감 제거 후 48시간 2.31배(0.87~6.11배)였다. 이 연구에서 남학생에서 초기 검진시에 비해 아말감 제거 후 평균 요중 수은 농도가 감소하였으나 시간 의존적으로 지속적으로 감소하지 않았으며, 선형회귀분석에서는 성별에 따른 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 없으므로 향후 대상자 수를 늘려 통계적인 검정력을 높일 필요가 있겠다. 이 연구에서 아말감 내 수은 증기 노출은 인체건강에 잠재적인 영향을 미치는 것을 확인하였으므로 아말감을 제거하는 과정에서 주의해야 할 필요성이 있다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.541-555
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• 2019

Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine heavy metal exposure levels in the blood and urine of a nationally representative adult population in Korea, and to identify the major influence factors for exposure through linkage analysis using questionnaire data. Methods: Biological samples and questionnaire data were collected from adults aged 18 and over who had participated in the Korean National Environmental Health Survey from 2009 to 2017. Lead, mercury, and cadmium exposure levels were presented with geometric mean and 95th percentiles. Multiple regression analysis was performed to determine the factors affecting heavy metal concentrations. Results: Blood lead levels increased slightly in Cycle 2 compared to Cycle 1, but decreased in Cycle 3. Blood and urinary mercury and urinary cadmium levels decreased over time. The main influence factors included gender, age, and smoking status for blood lead levels; gender, age, and intake of fish at least once a week for blood mercury levels; and age for urinary cadmium levels. Conclusion: The Korean National Environmental Health Survey is an effective tool for confirming over-time changes in exposure to lead, mercury, and cadmium in Korean adults and to identify its influence factors. The results of this study are expected to present basic data for calculating reference values and baseline exposure levels for environmental chemicals in Korean adults.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.192-202
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• 2019

Objectives: According to the central limit theorem, the samples in population might be considered to follow normal distribution if a large number of samples are available. Once we assume that toxicity dataset follow normal distribution, we can treat and process data statistically to calculate genus or species mean value with standard deviation. However, little is known and only limited studies are conducted to investigate whether toxicity dataset follows normal distribution or not. Therefore, the purpose of study is to evaluate the generally accepted normality hypothesis of aquatic toxicity dataset Methods: We selected the 8 chemicals, which consist of 4 organic and 4 inorganic chemical compounds considering data availability for the development of species sensitivity distribution. Toxicity data were collected at the US EPA ECOTOX Knowledgebase by simple search with target chemicals. Toxicity data were re-arranged to a proper format based on the endpoint and test duration, where we conducted normality test according to the Shapiro-Wilk test. Also we investigated the degree of normality by simple log transformation of toxicity data Results: Despite of the central limit theorem, only one large dataset (n>25) follow normal distribution out of 25 large dataset. By log transforming, more 7 large dataset show normality. As a result of normality test on small dataset (n<25), log transformation of toxicity value generally increases normality. Both organic and inorganic chemicals show normality growth for 26 species and 30 species, respectively. Those 56 species shows normality growth by log transformation in the taxonomic groups such as amphibian (1), crustacean (21), fish (22), insect (5), rotifer (2), and worm (5). In contrast, mollusca shows normality decrease at 1 species out of 23 that originally show normality. Conclusions: The normality of large toxicity dataset was not always satisfactory to the central limit theorem. Normality of those data could be improved through log transformation. Therefore, care should be taken when using toxicity data to induce, for example, mean value for risk assessment.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.118-126
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• 2019

Background: Government conducts environmental radioactivity surveillance for verification purpose around nuclear facilities based on the Nuclear Safety Law and issues a surveillance report every year. This study aims to evaluate the short and the long-term fluctuation of radionuclides detected above MDC and their origins using concentration ratios between these radionuclides. Materials and Methods: Sample media for verification surveillance are air, rainwater, groundwater, soil, and milk for terrestrial samples, and seawater, marine sediment, fish, and seaweed for marine samples. Gamma-emitting radionuclides including $^{137}Cs$, $^{90}Sr$, Pu, $^3H$, and $^{14}C$ are evaluated in these samples. Results and Discussion: According to the result of the environmental radioactivity verification surveillance in the vicinity of nuclear power facilities in 2017, the anthropogenic radionuclides were not detected in most of the environmental samples except for the detection of a trace level of $^{137}Cs$, $^{90}Sr$, Pu, and $^{131}I$ in some samples. Radioactivity concentration ratios between the anthropogenic radionuclides ($^{137}Cs/^{90}Sr$, $^{137}Cs/^{239+240}Pu$, $^{90}Sr/^{239+240}Pu$) were similar to those reported in the environmental samples, which were affected by the global fallout of the past nuclear weapon test, and Pu atomic ratios ($^{240}Pu/^{239}Pu$) in the terrestrial sample and marine sample showed significant differences due to the different input pathway and the Pu source. Radioactive iodine ($^{131}I$) was detected at the range of < $5.6-190mBq{\cdot}kg-fresh^{-1}$ in the gulfweed and sea trumpet collected from the area of Kori and Wolsong intake and discharge. A high level of $^3H$ was observed in the air (Sangbong: $0.688{\pm}0.841Bq{\cdot}m^{-3}$) and the precipitation (Meteorology Post: $199{\pm}126Bq{\cdot}L^{-1}$) samples of the Wolsong nuclear power plant (NPP). $^3H$ concentration in the precipitation and pine needle samples showed typical variation pattern with the distance and the wind direction from the stack due to the gaseous release of $^3H$ in Wolsong NPP. Conclusion: Except for the detection of a trace level of $^{137}Cs$, $^{90}Sr$, Pu, and $^{131}I$ in some samples, anthropogenic radionuclides were below MDC in most of the environmental samples. Overall, no unusual radionuclides and abnormal concentration were detected in the 2017's surveillance result for verification. This research will be available in the assessment of environment around nuclear facilities in the event of radioactive material release.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.426-433
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• 2019

Objectives: Zooplankton communities play important roles in aquatic ecosystems as secondary producers that graze on phytoplankton and in turn are preyed upon by planktivorous and juvenile fish. They can shift their distribution, species composition, and abundance in response to environmental changes. Therefore zooplankton communities are important for understanding the energy flow in aquatic ecosystems and can be valuable indicators of environmental conditions. However, zooplankton in streams are still not well-studied, especially in northern Gyeonggi-do Province. This study aims to investigate the zooplankton communities in major streams in northern Gyeonggi-do Province. Methods: Zooplankton is important in the nutrient cycle and energy flow of aquatic ecosystems. Therefore, we surveyed zooplankton and measured temperature, DO, BOD, COD, T-N, T-P, and Chl-a in major streams (Sincheon, Gongneungcheon, Wangsukcheon, and Gapyeongcheon Streams) and stagnant water (Gomoji Reservoir). Results: The water quality in Gapyeongcheon Stream was the highest grade, while that of Gomoji Reservoir was mesoeutrophic and eutrophic during the research period. In the zooplankton community, Nauplius, Rotaria, and Monostyla spp. were dominant in Sincheon, Gongneungcheon, and Wangsukcheon Streams, and the dominance index was also high. In the case of Gapyeongcheon Stream, it was found that water quality and aquatic ecosystem health were good, and the lowest dominance index reflected this. In Gomoji Reservoir, Polyarthra spp., Nauplius, and Bosmina longirostris, which can be easily observed as eutrophication progresses, showed a high dominance rate. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor the progress of eutrophication in further research. Conclusions: We collected data on the zooplankton communities in streams and investigated their characteristics. As a result, specific species were found to be dominant at each survey sites and some of them are known to be observed as eutrophication progresses. Therefore, we should investigate the zooplankton community of streams around us and apply ecological stream management.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제62권6호
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• pp.824-839
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• 2020

The current study was aimed to examine the effect of partial or complete replacement of fishmeal (FM) with fermented soybean meal (FSBM) on growth performance, fecal composition, and meat quality in broiler chickens. A total number of 240 one-day-old broiler chicks were randomly allotted into four dietary treatments with six replications and ten birds per one pen. Dietary treatments were followed as; 1) Diet incorporated with 4% FM without FSBM (Control), 2) Diet incorporated with 3% FM and 2% FSBM (FSBM2), 3) Diet incorporated with 2% FM and 3% FSBM (FSBM3) and 4) Diet incorporated with 4% FSBM without FM (FSBM4). Body weight and feed intake were recorded weekly for 35 days of the experimental period. Moreover, fecal samples were collected to evaluate moisture, ash, nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus content on day 21 post-hatch. On day 35, two birds were sacrificed from each pen to measure meat quality parameters and visceral organ weights. Results revealed that, no dietary treatment effect (p > 0.05) was observed either in both body weight or average daily gain of broilers within the entire experimental period while broilers fed FSBM2 increased (p < 0.05) average daily feed intake by 10.07% whereas FSBM4 improved (p < 0.05) feed efficiency ratio by 8.45% compared to birds fed other dietary treatments on day 7 post-hatch. Besides, birds fed FSBM3 obtained the improved (p < 0.05) feed conversion ratio over the birds fed control diet by 7.51% from hatch to day 35 post-hatch (1.60 vs. 1.73). Nevertheless, no difference (p > 0.05) was detected on visceral organ weight, proximate composition and physicochemical characteristics of meat while broilers offered FSBM4 obtained the lowest (p < 0.05) calcium and phosphorous in faces (2.27% and 1.21% respectively) over those offered control feed and other FSBM treatments. In conclusion, FSBM would be a better replacement for ousting FM partially or completely in broiler diet as it did not impair the growth performance and meat quality while reducing the calcium and phosphorous excretion in broilers for 35 days post-hatch.