설문조사에 근거한 캠프 캐럴 인근 주민의 건강수준

• 영문명: Health Status Based on Questionnaire Survey Among Residents Around Camp Carroll, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea
• 발행기관: 한국환경보건학회
• 저자명: 민영선(Young-Sun Min) 임현술(Hyun-Sul Lim) 이관(Kwan Lee) 박선애(Sun Ae Park) 이덕희(Duk-Hee Lee) 주영수(Young-Su Ju) 양원호(Wonho Yang) 김근배(Geun-Bae Kim) 유승도(Seung Do Yu)
• 간행물 정보: 『1. 한국환경보건학회지』제39권 제4호, 312~321쪽, 전체 10쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 환경공학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.08.30

영문 초록

Objective: In May 2011, an interview with three United States Forces Korea veterans revealed that chemicals believed to be ‘Agent Orange’ were buried at Camp Carroll (situated in Waegwan, Chilgok-gun, Gyeongsangbukdo, Korea) in 1978. Many hazardous chemicals, such as perchloroethylene (PCE), trichloroethylene (TCE), and organochlorines were subsequently found in a joint US-ROK environmental investigation, although dioxins or burial evidence related to Agent Orange have been not uncovered. This study was carried out to investigate the relevance of hazardous chemical exposure and health effects of the residents around Camp Carroll. Methods: The authors conducted a health questionnaire survey among residents around Camp Carroll regarding Waegwan groundwater ingestion, length of residence in Waegwan, and physician-diagnosed disease history (such as cancer, hypertension, diabetes and etc.). Logistic regression was performed to identify the associations between hazardous chemical exposure and physician-diagnosed diseases. Results: Among the 5,320 residents, excluding those living outside the Waegwan area, 3,430 subjects age 30 and over were analyzed. Among females, upon correction of age, smoking history and Camp Carroll working history, a higher distribution in the Waegwan groundwater ingestion group was demonstrated for patients with physician-diagnosed cancer and hypertension. The odds ratios have a tendency to increase with increased length of Waegwan groundwater ingestion. Conclusions: This study may be limited by not adopting a cohort study for the evaluation of factors that may confound environmental exposure. Yet it is meaningful that the correlation between Waegwan groundwater ingestion and chronic diseases were found through regression analysis in female; and further, this outcome may be used as a sampling basis for a secondary epidemiologic study.

키워드

Agent Orange environmental exposure epidemiologic surveillance questionnaires