가습기살균제 노출로 인한 건강피해 신고자의 지역별 편차에 대한 고찰

• 영문명: A Study on the Regional Distribution of Enrollment Cases Who Reported Humidifier Disinfectant-Related Health Effects
• 발행기관: 한국환경보건학회
• 저자명: 주민재(Min Jae Ju) 윤정교(Jeonggyo Yoon) 조은경(Eun-Kyung Jo) 이슬아(Seula Lee) 오재현(Jaehyun Oh) 박진현(Jinhyeon Park) 양원호(Wonho Yang) 최윤형(Yoon-Hyeong Choi)
• 간행물 정보: 『1. 한국환경보건학회지』제47권 제4호, 303~309쪽, 전체 7쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 환경공학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2021.08.30

영문 초록

Background: Humidifier disinfectant is a biocidal product used in the water tanks of humidifiers to prevent the growth of microorganisms. Although there are a huge number of cases of reported humidifier disinfectant-related health effects across the entire Korean population, their numbers are distributed differently depending on the region. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the regional distribution of enrollment cases who reported humidifier disinfectant-related health effects. Methods: This study used data on 6,240 subjects who experienced humidifier disinfectant-related health effects and who enrolled their cases which is conducted by the Korea Ministry of Environment. We examined the regional distribution of the enrolled cases based on sixteen administrative divisions and assessed the: 1) crude number; 2) proportional rate; and 3) age-standardized proportional rate of enrollment by region. Results: When we examined the crude number of enrollments by region, the highest number were in Gyeonggi-do Province (n=1,896), followed in order by Seoul (n=1,405), Incheon (n=436) Busan, Daegu, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, Daejeon, Chungcheongnam-do Province, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Jeollabuk-do Province, Gwangju, Chungcheongbuk-do Province, Gangwon-do Province, Jeollanam- do Province, Ulsan, and Jeju-do. When we examined proportional rate of the regional enrollment (cases per 100,000 population), Daejeon (n=16.2) was the region with the highest rate, followed in order by Gyeonggi-do Province (n=16.1), Incheon-do Province (n=15.9), Seoul, Daegu, Gwangju, Jeollabuk-do Province, Chungcheongnam-do Province, Busan, Chungcheongbuk-do Province, Gangwon-do Province, Gyeongsanbuk-do Province, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, Ulsan, Jeju-do, and Jeollanam-do Province, which is inconsistent with the order in terms of crude numbers. However, when we examined the age-standardized proportional rate of regional enrollment (cases per 100,000 population), their ranked distribution is consistent with the crude rate. Conclusions: This study observed that the regional distribution of the enrolled cases who reported humidifier disinfectant-related health effects is inconsistent with the regional distribution of the proportional rate of enrollment cases, which may be caused in part by the volume of the inherent population of each region.

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Ⅰ. 서 론

Ⅱ. 연구 방법

Ⅲ. 결과 및 고찰

Ⅳ. 결 론

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키워드

Age-standardized rate enrolled cases HD-related health effects humidifier disinfectant regional distribution