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Association between exposure to air pollutants and allergic diseases among residents near the Gwangyang industrial complex in Korea
The purpose of this study is to characterize the levels of particulate matter (PM10) and heavy metals (HMs) such as Cd and Pb, compare blood HMs (B-HMs) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels and...
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Influential Factors on Blood Pb and Hg Concentrations in Koreans over 50 Years Old: Data Analysis of the 1st (2009-2011) and 2nd (2012-2014) KoNEHS
Objective: Elderly people are particularly vulnerable to environmental pollutants due to the effects of aging. Pb and Hg are heavy metals that can cause elevated environmental pollution and harm humans. With this...
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Human Exposure Assessment of Airborne Pollutants for Residents in Gwangyang City Near Industrial Plants (I)
The object of this study is to analyze metabolites of environmental chemicals and to identify possible health hazards to obtain reliable levels of exposure in Gwangyang city in the vicinity of a refinery and s...
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New insights into the origin of the lumbrical muscles of the foot: tendinous slip of the flexor hallucis longus muscle
The aim of this study was to clarify the origins of the lumbricals of the foot toward a better understanding of its precise action in the gait.
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Synthesis and properties of polycarbonate-co-poly(siloxane-urethane-siloxane) block copolymers
Polycarbonate-co-poly(siloxane-urethane-siloxane) block copolymers (SiUrPC) were synthesized from siloxane-urethane monomer and polycarbonate (PC) oligomer, and their properties were compared with those of lin...
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Mercury exposure monitoring for Korean schoolchildren: I. Influence of socioeconomic and demographic variables
The objective of this study was to determine the total Hg in both urine and blood samples and to investigate an association between Hg levels, and the socioeconomic and demographic factors (covariates) from sc...
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Biomonitoring of urinary mercury in Korean school children
Exposure to mercury was assessed in schoolchildren 7-13 years of age (n=274) using urine mercury analysis. The arithmetic mean (AM) and geometric mean (GM) of total urinary Hg were measured as 2.66±1.12 μg/g-ct a...
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Assessment of airborne bioaerosols in korean apartment houses
The qualitative and quantitative measurement of airborne fungi and bacteria in indoor and outdoor air samples has been performed. The concentration level was specific to age of apartment, type of air pollutant...
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Estimation of risk parameters from both indoor and outdoor sources in apartment houses
The aim of this study was to evaluate the indoor/outdoor levels of volatile organic carbons (VOCs) using prediction for 26 apartment houses that are less than 4 years old (ALT4) and/or more than 4 years old (A...
