A cluster of lung injury cases associated with home humidifier use: An epidemiological investigation

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 703-708

  Kim, Hwa Jung ^a   Lee, Moo Song ^a   Hong, Sang Bum ^b   Huh, Jin Won ^b   Do, Kyung Hyun ^b   Jang, Se Jin ^a   Lim, Chae Man ^c   Chae, Eun Jin ^b   Lee, Hanyi ^c   Jung, Miran ^d   Park, Young Joon ^e   Park, Ji Hyuk ^e   Kwon, Geun Yong ^e   Gwack, Jin ^e   Youn, Seung Ki ^e   Kwon, Jun Wook ^f   Yang, Byung Guk ^g   Jun, Byung Yool ^e   Kim, Yangho ^b   Cheong, Hae Kwan ^h   Chun, Byung Chul ⁱ   Kim, Heon ^j   Lee, Kyuhong ^k   Koh, Younsuck ^b   more..

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

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

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

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

^f Center for Infectious Disease Control   (South Korea)

^g Ministry of Health and Welfare   (South Korea)

^h Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

ⁱ Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^k Korea Institute of Toxicology   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR CONDITIONING; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOME HUMIDIFIER; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOUTH KOREA;

NOT APPLICABLE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84904069384     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204132     Document Type: Article

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