Humidifier disinfectant-associated specific diseases should be called together as “humidifier disinfectant syndrome”
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Humidifier disinfectant-associated specific diseases should be called together as “humidifier disinfectant syndrome”
Humidifier disinfectant (HD) damage was terrible chemical damage caused by household goods that happened in only South Korea, but still very little is known in HD damage. Up to now, previous research tried to focus on interstitial fibrosis on terminal bronchioles and alveoli because it is a specific finding, compared with other diseases. To figure out whole effects from HDs, much epidemiologic ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health and Toxicology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2233-6567
DOI: 10.5620/eht.e2017017