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Humidifier disinfectant-associated specific diseases should be called together as “humidifier disinfectant syndrome”
Environmental Health and Toxicology ; : 2017017-2017.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-786722
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Humidifier disinfectant (HD) damage was terrible chemical damage caused by household goods that happened in only South Korea, but still very little is known in HD damage. Up to now, previous research tried to focus on interstitial fibrosis on terminal bronchioles and alveoli because it is a specific finding, compared with other diseases. To figure out whole effects from HDs, much epidemiologic and toxicologic research is underway. HDs were shown to give rise to typical toxicologic effects on various target organs, such as skin, conjunctiva, naval mucosa, bronchial mucosa, alveoli and so on, which shared common toxicological responses. On a specific target, specific toxicologic effects existed. Diverse diseases along exposure pathways can occur at the same time with a common toxicologic mechanism and cause of HDs, which can be called as HD syndrome. To gain stronger scientific evidence about it, further epidemiological and toxicological studies should be applied.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Asthma / Skin / Fibrosis / Family Characteristics / Reactive Oxygen Species / Conjunctiva / Bronchioles / Humidifiers / Korea / Mucous Membrane Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Environmental Health and Toxicology Year: 2017 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Asthma / Skin / Fibrosis / Family Characteristics / Reactive Oxygen Species / Conjunctiva / Bronchioles / Humidifiers / Korea / Mucous Membrane Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Environmental Health and Toxicology Year: 2017 Type: Article