Inhalation Toxicity of Humidifier Disinfectants as a Risk Factor of Children's Interstitial Lung Disease in Korea: A Case-Control Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Hyeon Jong ^a   Kim, Hwa Jung ^b   Yu, Jinho ^b   Lee, Eun ^b   Jung, Young Ho ^b   Kim, Hyung Young ^b   Seo, Ju Hee ^c   Kwon, Geun Yong ^d   Park, Ji Hyuk ^d   Gwack, Jin ^d   Youn, Seung Ki ^d   Kwon, Jun Wook ^d   Jun, Byung Yool ^d   Kim, Kyung Won ^e   Ahn, Kangmo ^f   Lee, Soo Young ^g   Park, June Dong ^h   Kwon, Ji Won ⁱ   Kim, Byoung Ju ^j   Lee, Moo Song ^b   Do, Kyung Hyun ^b   Jang, Se Jin ^b   Pyun, Bok Yang ^a   Hong, Soo Jong ^b   more..

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

ⁱ Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^j Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; AIR POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; KOREA; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; SOUTH KOREA; TOXICITY;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878769743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064430     Document Type: Article

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