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KMID : 1039220180280010001
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Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
2018 Volume.28 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.17
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A Study on the Development of a Health Risk Assessment Method for the Management of the Health Environment of Residents Living Around Areas Affected by Chemical Accidents
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Park Si-Hyun
Park Se-Jung
Park Tae-Hyun
Yoon Dan-Ki
Jung Jong-Hyeon
Gang Sung-Kyu
Lee Dong-Soo
Seo Young-Rok
Ahn Yeon-Soon
Lee Cheol-Min
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Abstract
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Objectives: This research is part of a study to be conducted over five years starting from 2017 by the Ministry of Environment on the development of technologies to evaluate the impact of chemical accidents on the human body.
Methods: For this research, a five-stage specific study method was developed.
Results: In brief, the developed health risk assessment method can be summarized as follows. First, a health risk assessment system was built based on the guidelines set forth by the USA NRC/NAS. Second, based on the disease manifestation theory, the health risk assessment method was divided into 1) a carcinogenic health risk assessment method focused on all carcinogens except non-genotoxic carcinogens and 2) a non-carcinogenic health risk assessment method focused on noncarcinogens including non-genotoxic carcinogens. Third, the detailed contents of the health risk assessment method were developed in four stages(hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk determination) through theoretical consideration of the assessment of the level of health risk related to chemical exposure. Finally, a health risk assessment methodology, classified into stages to address acute, subacute/subchronic, and chronic conditions was developed after considering the physicochemical behavior of hazardous chemicals upon implementation of countermeasures after a chemical accident.
Conclusions: A method to evaluate the health risks related to toxic chemicals generated by chemical accidents was developed. This study was performed with the purpose of developing a mathematical health risk assessment method to evaluate the health effects of exposure to hazardous chemicals upon implementation of emergency countermeasures after chemical accidents.
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KEYWORD
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chemical accident, chronic, risk assessment, subacute/subchronic
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