구미공단 불화수소 누출사고 주변 지역 근로자들의 화학물질과민증 유병률open access
- Authors
- 한혜지[한혜지]; 우극현[우극현]; 최성용[최성용]; 전병학[전병학]; 최상준[최상준]
- Issue Date
- 2015
- Publisher
- 한국산업보건학회
- Keywords
- industrial complex; MCS/IEI; QEESI; symptom prevalence rate
- Citation
- 한국산업보건학회지, v.25, no.4, pp.534 - 541
- Indexed
- KCI
- Journal Title
- 한국산업보건학회지
- Volume
- 25
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 534
- End Page
- 541
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/46098
- DOI
- 10.15269/JKSOEH.2015.25.4.534
- ISSN
- 2384-132x
- Abstract
- Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence rate of multiple chemical sensitivity/idiopathic environmental intolerance(MCS/IEI) among workers in the Gumi industrial complex around the region of accidental release of hydrogen fluoride in 2012.
Materials: We evaluated MCS/IEI using the Korean version of the Quick Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory(QEESI). A total of 535 workers at six manufacturing companies in the Gumi industrial complex were investigated using self-administered questionnaires from February to March 2015. After exclusion of incompletely answered questionnaires, 271 were analyzed.
Results: The prevalence rate and proved positive rate of MCS/IEI were 5.9%(16 out of 271) and 3.7%(10 out of 271), respectively. The scores of chemical intolerance, other intolerance, symptom severity and life impact were significantly higher(p<0.05) in females than those of males. In terms of masking index scores, males showed significantly higher(p=0.003) than female. The self-reported MCS/IEI prevalence rate, 7.7%, of workers exposed to hydrogen fluoride in 2012 was higher than no-exposure group(5.6%), but not statistically significant(p=0.815).
Conclusions: Although the prevalence rate of MCS/IEI symptoms of workers exposed to hydrogen fluoride gas in 2012 was not significantly higher than no-exposure group, it is necessary to conduct follow-up study on the exposure group of hydrogen fluoride.
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