Humidifier Disinfectants Are a Cause of Lung Injury among Adults in South Korea: A Community-Based Case-Control Study

• Ji-Hyuk Park ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ji-Hyuk Park, Hwa Jung Kim

  Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, Division of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

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• Hwa Jung Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ji-Hyuk Park, Hwa Jung Kim

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

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• Geun-Yong Kwon,

  Affiliation Division of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

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• Jin Gwack,

  Affiliation Division of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

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• Young-Joon Park,

  Affiliation Division of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

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• Seung-Ki Youn,

  Affiliation Division of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

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• Jun-Wook Kwon,

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

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• Byung-Guk Yang,

  Affiliation Bureau of Public Health Policy, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Sejong, South Korea

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• Moo-Song Lee,

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, Department of Preventive Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

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• Miran Jung,

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

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• Hanyi Lee,

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

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• Byung-Yool Jun ,

  * E-mail: wisewine@dongguk.ac.kr (HSL); drmdjun@hanmail.net (BYJ)

  Affiliation Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

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• Hyun-Sul Lim

  * E-mail: wisewine@dongguk.ac.kr (HSL); drmdjun@hanmail.net (BYJ)

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

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