Inhalation toxicity of humidifier disinfectants as a risk factor of children's interstitial lung disease in Korea: a case-control study.

Inhalation toxicity of humidifier disinfectants as a risk factor of children's interstitial lung disease in Korea: a case-control study.

BACKGROUND: The occurrence of numerous cases of interstitial lung disease in children (chILD) every spring in Korea starting in 2006 raised suspicion about a causal relationship with the use of humidifier disinfectants (HDs). The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between HD use and t...

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Main Authors: Hyeon-Jong Yang, Hwa-Jung Kim, Jinho Yu, Eun Lee, Young-Ho Jung, Hyung-Young Kim, Ju-Hee Seo, Geun-Yong Kwon, Ji-Hyuk Park, Jin Gwack, Seung-Ki Youn, Jun-Wook Kwon, Byung-Yool Jun, Kyung Won Kim, Kangmo Ahn, Soo-Young Lee, June-Dong Park, Ji-Won Kwon, Byoung-Ju Kim, Moo-Song Lee, Kyung-Hyun Do, Se-Jin Jang, Bok-Yang Pyun, Soo-Jong Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3673956?pdf=render

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