A5062640888- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Global Health Care Issues
- Thermal Regulation in Medicine
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Wireless Body Area Networks
- Noise Effects and Management
Catholic University of Korea
2018-2025
Dankook University
2016-2018
Seoul National University
2009-2016
Seoul National University Children's Hospital
2016
Kyung Hee University
2016
Bridge University
2015
Seoul National University Hospital
2015
New Generation University College
2013
Center for Environmental Health
2012
Health Center
2012
Although the effect of air pollution on various diseases has been extensively investigated, few studies have examined its depression.We investigated symptoms depression in an elderly population.We enrolled 537 participants study who regularly visited a community center for located Seoul, Korea. The Korean version Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (SGDS-K) was used to evaluate depressive symptomatology during 3-year follow-up study. We associated ambient pollutants with SGDS-K results...
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a high-volume production chemical that has been suspected to have adverse health effects. Recent studies suggested cardiovascular diseases are associated with the BPA exposure. The aim of present study was investigate associations urinary heart rate variability and blood pressure. We recruited 560 noninstitutionalized elderly citizens from August 2008 2010 in Seoul. All participants were ≥60 years old. took medical examinations ≤5 times. Urinary concentration,...
Air pollution is known to contribute respiratory and cardiovascular mortality morbidity. Oxidative stress has been suggested as one of the main mechanisms for these effects on health.The aim this study was analyze exposure particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameters < or = 10 microm (PM10) 2.5 (PM2.5) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) urinary malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in schoolchildren.The population consisted 120 schoolchildren. The survey measurements were conducted four...
Background Insulin resistance (IR) is believed to be the underlying mechanism of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Recently, a few studies have demonstrated that phthalates could cause oxidative stress which would contribute development IR. Therefore, we evaluated whether exposure affects IR, involved in phthalates-IR pathway. Methods We recruited 560 elderly participants, obtained blood urine samples during repeated medical examinations. For determination phthalate...
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical used in plastic bottles and inner coating of beverage cans, its exposure almost ubiquitous. BPA has been associated with hypertension decreased heart rate variability the previous studies. The aim present study was to determine whether increased from consumption canned actually affects blood pressure variability. We conducted randomized crossover trial noninstitutionalized adults, who were aged ≥60 years recruited local community center. total 60 participants...
BACKGROUND: In February 2020, a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was reported in fitness centers Cheonan, Korea. METHODS: From 24 to March 13, an epidemiological investigation conducted on the center outbreak. All those who were screened tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2) using real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Contacts traced and self-isolated 14 days. We determined characteristics of confirmed cases SARS-CoV-2...
Prenatal and postnatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) may affect early brain development. Rodent studies suggest that prenatal neurodevelopmental toxicity from BPA manifest as social deficits in offspring. We investigated the association between impairments a sample of 4-year-old children.We recruited second-trimester pregnant women 2008 2011, measured their creatinine-adjusted urine levels. In 2014-2015, subset children born these underwent neurobehavioral assessment physical examination....
Bisphenol A (BPA) has been reported to be associated with adverse health effects, including high blood pressure (BP). BPA is also suspected cross placenta in pregnancy and might affect children’s health. The present study was aimed evaluate the effect of prenatal exposure on BP child at age 4. We followed up 645 children 4 who were born from women participated midterm during their a birth cohort August 2008 July 2011. Because showed nonlinear association, we constructed piecewise regression...
The Mothers and Children's Environmental Health study (MOCEH) is a multi-centric prospective birth cohort investigating effects of various environmental pollutants like heavy metals, endocrine disruptors, air pollutants, nutrition lifestyle on outcomes, growth development, health disease children. In this study, we report all the outcomes from MOCEH describing different affecting children's disease.In 1,751 pregnant women in their first trimester were recruited at 3 centers 2006 to 2010...
Objective: We aimed to evaluate the annual health impacts of particulate matter (PM) less than 10 μm diameter (PM10) and 2.5-μm (PM2.5) in 27 cities Southeast East Asian countries (Japan, Philippines, Republic Korea, Singapore, Vietnam) for year 2009 (n = 50,756,699). Methods: estimated number cases attributable long-term exposure. used a scenario that reduced mean values PM10 PM2.5 20 μg/m3, respectively. Results: A reduction exposure would have postponed 8% 9% all-cause mortality or about...
Particulate matter is an air pollutant emitted from both natural and anthropogenic sources, its adverse health effects have been well documented in time-series analyses cohort studies. The effect size of particulate exposure—a roughly 0.5% increase mortality for each 10 μg/m3 increment short-term exposure to with aerodynamic diameter ≤10 μm approximately a 10% longterm ≤2.5 μm—is small compared other risk factors, but the involuntary affects entire population, which makes pollution important...
Climate change is suspected to cause adverse health effects, and increased ozone concentration one of the proposed pathways. We examined mediation on association between temperature daily mortality estimated excess due climate change.Daily mean temperature, 8-hour maximum concentration, number non-accidental deaths from 7 metropolitan cities in Korea (Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Daejeon, Gwangju, Ulsan) January 1, 2006 December 31, 2019 were analyzed. A analysis using a linear regression...
Objectives Although mercury (Hg) exposure is known to be neurotoxic in humans, its effects on liver function have been less often reported. The aim of this study was investigate whether total Hg Korean adults associated with elevated serum levels the enzymes aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), and gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT). Methods We repeatedly examined blood 508 during 2010-2011 2014-2015. Cross-sectional associations between were analyzed using a...
Ambient ozone (O3) concentration has been reported to be significantly associated with mortality. However, linearity of the relationships and presence a threshold controversial.The aim present study was examine concentration-response relationship association between ambient O3 non-accidental mortality in 13 Japanese Korean cities from 2000 2009.We selected which have population over 1 million. We constructed Poisson regression models adjusting daily mean temperature, PM10, humidity, time...
Mercury (Hg) has been reported to have adverse effects on the immune system. However, association between Hg exposure and asthma remains unclear. We hypothesized that blood concentrations are associated with system profile changes in school-age children.Between 2005 2010, we evaluated 4,350 Korean children at 7-8 years of age no previous diagnosis. Follow-up surveys were conducted twice, each 2 apart, until 11-12 age. For every survey, through a questionnaire profile. analyzed concentration...
Background Although the effect of bisphenol A on various health outcomes has been extensively examined, few studies have investigated its asthma. Objective We hypothesized that exposure to in school-age children was associated with wheezing and Methods Participants included 127 aged 7–8 years without a previous asthma diagnosis an elementary school Seoul, Korea. Three surveys were conducted, each 2 apart. Bisphenol concentration measured at baseline survey, PC20, which is defined as...
Abstract Background Emerging research suggests the potential combined effects of statin medication and fine particulate matter exposure on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among older adults. These findings underscore need for further detailed investigations. This cohort study aims to examine adherence statins with aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 μm (PM2.5) CVD adults in South Korea. Methods nationwide included 791,244 individuals aged 65 years or diagnosed dyslipidemia. Statin was estimated...