A cluster of lung injury cases associated with home humidifier use: an epidemiological investigation

Hwa Jung Kim; Moo-Song Lee; Sang-Bum Hong; Jin Won Huh; Kyung-Hyun Do; Se Jin Jang; Chae-Man Lim; Eun Jin Chae; Hanyi Lee; Miran Jung; Young-Joon Park; Ji-Hyuk Park; Geun-Yong Kwon; Jin Gwack; Seung-Ki Youn; Jun-Wook Kwon; Byung-Guk Yang; Byung-Yool Jun; Yangho Kim; Hae-Kwan Cheong; Byung Chul Chun; Heon Kim; Kyuhong Lee; Younsuck Koh

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204132

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Respiratory epidemiology

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A cluster of lung injury cases associated with home humidifier use: an epidemiological investigation

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Hwa Jung Kim Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Moo-Song Lee Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Preventive Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sang-Bum Hong Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jin Won Huh Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kyung-Hyun Do Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Se Jin Jang Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Chae-Man Lim Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eun Jin Chae Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hanyi Lee Department of Nursing, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Miran Jung Department of Nursing, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Young-Joon Park Division of Vaccine-preventable Diseases Control and National Immunization Program, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ji-Hyuk Park Division of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Geun-Yong Kwon Division of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jin Gwack Division of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Seung-Ki Youn Division of Epidemic Intelligence Service, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jun-Wook Kwon Center for Infectious Disease Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Byung-Guk Yang Bureau of Public Health Policy, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Seoul, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Byung-Yool Jun Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yangho Kim Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hae-Kwan Cheong Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Byung Chul Chun Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Heon Kim Department of Preventive Medicine and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kyuhong Lee Inhalation Toxicology Center, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeongeup, Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Younsuck Koh Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Moo-Song Lee, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 43-gil Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea; lee.moosong.md{at}gmail.com, leems{at}amc.seoul.kr

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Kim HJ, Lee M, Hong S, et al

A cluster of lung injury cases associated with home humidifier use: an epidemiological investigation

Thorax 2014;69:703-708.

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Received July 9, 2013
Revised January 3, 2014
Accepted January 9, 2014
First published January 31, 2014.

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September 01, 2022

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