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KMID : 1138720160420020057
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Korean Public Health Research
2016 Volume.42 No. 2 p.57 ~ p.68
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Impact of Allergic Diseases in Elementary School Students by the Hebei Spirit Oil Spill
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Jeon Yong-Jin
Jang Bong-Ki
Lee Ik-Jin
Lee Jong-Wha
Son Bu-Soon
Cheong Hae-Kwan
Ha Mi-Na
Choi Young-Hyun
Park Myung-Sook
Lee Seung-Hwa
Chu Yeon-Hee
Kim Jung-Ah
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Abstract
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Objective: The relationship between the degree of oil spill exposure and the allergy prevalence rate of elementary school child living nearby the spot where the crude oil was spilled from the collision between the Korean crane barge and registered oil tanker Hebei Spirit on December 7, 2007.
Methods: The research was conducted by dividing the subjects into two groups of the highly exposed and the low exposed according to the distance from the point of accident to their residence, and categorizing the oil exposure degree depending on the participation in clean-up works, with the ISAAC questionnaire and skin prick testing.
Results: The allergy prevalence rate of the subjects for the last 12 months stood at 9.4% for asthma, 39.1% for allergic rhinitis, 17.0% for atopic dermatitis, 13.6% for allergic conjunctivitis. The study revised general confusion factors for allergic to analyze environmental factors that may influence allergic. In terms of the prevalence rate of allergic rhinitis by distance, the highly exposed group suffered allergic rhinitis 1.88 times (95% CI: 1.08 - 3.29) more than the low exposed group for the past 12 months, with significant relationship (p<0.05). In terms of the rate by participation in clean-up activities, the participated group experienced allergic rhinitis 1.93 times (95% CI: 1.12 - 3.30) more compared to the other (p<0.05).
Conclusion: This study that the allergic diseases of the elementary school child living in the oil spill area would have posed a threat to their health.
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KEYWORD
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Allergic diseases, Hebei Spirit oil spill, Clean-up, Skin prick test, Elementary school students
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