Evaluation report on the causal association between humidifier disinfectants and lung injury

OBJECTIVES As of November 2011, the Korean government recalled and banned humidifier disinfectants (HDs) from the market, because four case-control studies and one retrospective epidemiological study proved the association between HDs and lung injury of unknown cause. The report reviewed the causal...

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Main Authors: Mina Ha, Soon Young Lee, Seung-sik Hwang, Hyesook Park, Seungsoo Sheen, Hae Kwan Cheong, Bo Youl Choi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Epidemiology 2016-08-01
Series:Epidemiology and Health
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Online Access:http://www.e-epih.org/upload/pdf/epih-38-e2016037.pdf