• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.245-263
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• 2000

본 연구는 자기기입식 설문조사를 통해 농약살포를 대부분 담당하는 남성 농민들에 대하여, 농부증을 포함한 만성증상과 농약살포시의 이상증상경험, 이상증상 경험시 살포한 농약, 농약살포시의 안전수칙 준수, 보호구의 착용실태, 가족 중 농약으로 인한 사고경험을 조사하고, 농약노출과 연관된 변수들간의 연관성, 급성중독경험 및 만성증상과 관련된 요인을 고찰하였다. 만성증상으로는 '몸이 나른하고 힘이 없다', '허리가 아프다'. '밤중에 소변을 보기 위해 깬다' 등의 증상이 많았으며, 농약살포 시의 임상증상 경험율은 '피부발진/가려움증', '어지러움/두통'의 경우가 가장 높은 것으로 조사되었다. 또한, 조사 대상자의 7.1%가 가족중 농약으로 인한 사고경험이 있는 것으로 조사되었으며, 이중 농약살포시 중독, 안전사고 및 자살사례를 확인할 수 있었다. 농약살포 시의 준수사항 중, '뿌린 후 목욕을 한다'와 '뿌린 후 바로 옷을 갈아입는다' 등의 경우가 준수율이 높았으나, '보호구를 잘 세탁해서 보관한다', '뿌린 후 용변을 볼 경우 손을 씻는다', '한낮에는 뿌리지 않는다' 등의 경우는 낮은 준수율을 보였다. 농약살포시 보호구는 '물에 타서 살포할 경우', '입제를 살포할 경우'에 비해 보호구를 더 잘 착용하였으며, 착용율은 모자, 장화, 마스크, 장갑, 방제복 하의의 순이었다. 농약살포시 이상증상경험과 관련된 요인은 농약살포시 준수사항 준수, 살포시간, 과수재배, 경작면적, 연간 농약살포일 등이었으며, 농민의 만성증상과 관련된 관련된 요인은 농약살포시 이상증상 경험, 경작면적, 농사경력, 농약살포시 준수사항 준수, 전업여부, 농약에 대한 노출 등이었다. 본 연구결과를 통해 농약살포시 준수사항의 준수율과 보호구 착용율을 높이며 농약으로 인한 안전사고를 방지하기 위한 체제적인 교육 및 홍보가 필요함을 알 수 있다. 또한, 농약에 대한 노출이 농민의 만성증상의 한 원인이라는 결론을 내리기는 어려우나, 원인적 연관성일 가능성을 배재할 수는 없을 것으로 생각되며, 따라서, 농약노출을 정확히 산출하고, 좀더 명확한 건강영향의 생물학적 지표(biological marker)를 측정하여 이들의 연관성을 고찰하는 연구가 이루어져야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2012년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.310-313
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• 2012

최근 간척사업으로 조성된 간척농경지의 영농에 있어 가장 빈번하게 발생하는 영농사고는 염수에 의한 농작물의 염해피해로 간척지를 농경지로 사용함에 있어 최우선적으로 선행되어야 할 과제는 제염화이다. 현재까지 간척지의 제염화를 위한 활발한 연구 및 기술개발이 진행되고 있으나, 현재의 기술로 단시간 내에 간척지를 제염화하는 것은 사실상 불가능한 실정이며, 간척농경지에 사용되는 관개용수 또한 대부분 간척으로 조성된 담수호나 조수간만의 영향을 받는 하구원의 수원을 염분 농도를 고려하지 않은 상태에서 이용하고 있어 기상조건, 배수갑문 오동작 등으로 인한 염분농도 상승에 의해 피해가 발생되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 WCDMA 모듈을 이용하여 외부 서버로 데이터를 전송을 수신받아 실시간으로 현재 염분 수치가 실시간으로 증가되는 그래프를 구현하였으며, 또한 일정 수치이상으로 올라가면 경보음을 알릴뿐만 아니라, 데이터가 실시간으로 저장되 사용자가 다시 확인할 수 있는 실시간 염분 모니터링 시스템을 구현 하였다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.164-171
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• 2018

Background: In recent years, the interest in health and safety in the workplace has increased. Agriculture is one of the human work activities with the highest risk indexes. Studies on risk perception of agricultural workers are often referred to as specific risk factors (especially pesticides), but the risk perception plays an important role in preventing every kind of accident and occupational disease. Methods: The aim of this research is to test a new method for understanding the relation between risk perception among farmers and the main risk factors to which they are exposed. A secondary aim is to investigate the influence of training in risk perception in agriculture. The data collection was realized using a questionnaire designed to investigate the risk perception; the questionnaire was given to a sample of 119 agricultural workers in central Italy. Through the use of the "principal components analysis" it was possible to highlight and verify the latent dimensions underlying the collected data in comparison with scales of attitudes. Results: Results show that the highest percentage of strong negative attitude is among the people who have worked for more years, while farmers who have worked for fewer years have a marked positive attitude. Conclusion: The analysis of the questionnaires through the synthetic index method (Rizzi index) showed that agricultural workers involved, in particular the elderly workers, have a negative attitude towards safety; workers are hostile to safety measures if they have not attended special training courses.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.39-49
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• 1998

This paper is conducted to find out the current status of farmers's syndrome and injuries due to agricultural machines and pesticides by questionnaire during 4 days from July 31 to August 2, 1996. The subjects were 706 people, 332 of men and 384 of women those who live in a rural area in Yungduk-gun, Kyungsangbuk-do, Korea. The results obtained are as follow. 1. The rate of farmer's syndrome like that shoulder pain, lumbago, numbness, nocturia, dyspnea, insomnia dizziness and abdominal pain were generally higher in women than men except shoulder pain. Of them, lumbago was highest, 61.2% in men, and 78.1% in women respectively. It was higher in rate and older in age. 2. In the score of farmer's syndrome classified by Kumagai(1943) in Japan, the suspected cases with three points over 60.6% in men and 81.8% in women. 3. The prevalence of injuries by agricultural machine was 31.2% for a year from August 1995 to July 1996. The cumulative rate was 6.66%(11.8% in men and 2.34% in women) with previous cases from the before years. The major sites of injuries were arm, leg and chest in order. Among the injuries cases, 55.32% had been physical impediment. 4. The experience rate of intoxication by pesticides was 24.9% to total subjects. And dermatologic sign was 7.0%. Experience of treatment with only one time was 60.0%, and that with five times over, 20.0% Of them 18 cases had been administered in hospital.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.231-238
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• 2014

BACKGROUND: Biochar (BC) has a great potential for enhancing soil fertility and carbon sequestration while facilitating beneficial waste disposition. Therefore, it is essential to assess and mitigate any inadvertent consequences associated with soil biochar amendment. Earthworm activity is very vital in the soil system, yet there are a limited number of studies that have examined their impact resulting from biochar application to soil. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this study, the survival, growth, reproductive tests, and oxidative DNA damage tests (measured by 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and catalase (CAT) activities) to assess the potential toxicity to earthworm Eisenia fetida in artificial soil amended with BCs were investigated. The BCs derived from perilla meal, sesame meal, and pumpkin seed were pyrolyzed at 300 and $550^{\circ}C$, and then amended with soil at a rate of 5%. All the earthworms survived, but lost weight compared to control soil after 28 day incubation period. Moreover, the BC-amended soils did not significantly affect the cocoon numbers of earthworms. Slightly higher concentrations of 8-OHdG and CAT were observed in earthworms present in BC-treated soil than those in control soil. Furthermore, the 8-OHdG concentrations in the soil amended with BC produced at $550^{\circ}C$ were greater than those at $300^{\circ}C$, and it slightly decreased as the incubation time increased. CONCLUSION: These observations could be due to higher contents of toxic metal(loid)s and also higher pH in BCs pyrolyzed at $550^{\circ}C$ than $300^{\circ}C$. While BC is efficiently being used in agricultural fields, this study suggests that it is required to assess the unintended negative impacts of BC on soil ecosystems.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.330-336
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• 2011

The recent disaster of earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 severely attacked East Japanese cities and people, and in addition, the accident of nuclear power station will inevitably damage the agricultural activities there. The economical depression influences on the horticulture and floriculture industry as well, through the reluctant consumption all over the country. Such a situation reflects a conventional perception that the garden plants or ornamental plants have been regarded as a symbol of capitalism, representing the success, luxury, beauty or other metaphors indicating the winners of business war. But as the word "culture" means "cultivation" originally, horti "culture" or flori "culture" should have played some roles in cultivating lands as well as cultivation of human minds, leading to develop a modern "culture" which may lay emphases on personality, originality, partnership, cooperation, diversity and so forth. In this article, a brief history of garden plants in Japan, as well as some current movements in Japanese horticulture and floriculture, is reviewed with some commodities which possess messages on creating a new humane culture.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2015

In forest work, working conditions are very hard to improve. The good posture is believed to bring about direct improvements such as accident prevention. Therefore, this research carried on analysis of working posture in forest work (construct in stepping-stone) using OWAS analysis system. According to the analytical results provided by OWAS, the ratio of category III (Work posture has a distinctly harmful effect on the musculoskeletal system) has shawn that worker 2 was 32.2%, worker 1 was 25.2% and worker 3 was 15.5%. Furthermore, the ratio of category IV (Work posture with an extremely harmful effect on the musculoskeletal system) has shown that worker 2 was 9.8%, worker 3 was 1.4% and worker 1 was 1.2%. According to the OWAS method, percentage of OWAS action categories III and IV in the worker 2 was higher than another workers.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.279-292
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• 2005

본 연구는 2001년도 '국민건강 영양조사'에서 자료를 추출하여 농림어업인과 비농림어업인의 상병실태 및 건강행태를 비교 분석함으로써 건강 안전 연구, 사업 및 정책의 우선순위를 결정하는데 기초 자료를 제공하고자 수행되었다. 2001년도 '국민건강 영양조사' 원자료 분석은 30세 이상에 대하여 직업을 농림어업인군과 나머지 비농림어업인으로 나누어 비교분석하였다. 의사진단 만성질환 유병자율은 농림어업인 72.4%, 비농림어업인 49.8%로 나타났다. 그러나 유병자율을 연령대별로 비교해보면 농림어업인 대 비농림어업인의 비율은 30대 1.10배, 40대 1.30배, 50대 1.14배, 60대 1.08배, 70대 0.99배로 40대와 50대에서 두 그룹간의 차이가 크고 나머지 연령대에서는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 의사진단 만성질병의 구조를 살펴보면 질환별로 농림어업인과 비농림어업인이 차이가 나는 것을 알 수 있는데 근골격계 질환의 경우 농림어업인이 61.50%, 비농림어업인이 25.13%로 나타나 농림어업인이 2.4배 이상 높았으며, 손상 중독은 농림어업인이 0.89%, 비농림어업인이 0.34%로 2.6배 이상 높은 것으로 나타났다. 농림어업인 중에서 근골격계질환 다음으로 많은 것은 순환기계 20.6%, 소화기계 19.9%, 내분비계 8.5%, 호흡기계 8.0% 순로 나타났다. 의사진단 만성질병을 세부질환별로 분류해보면 농림어업인에게 가장 문제가 되는 근골격계질환의 경우 관절염 > 요통 좌골통 > 신경통 류머티즘 > 디스크 > 관절증 > 골다공증의 순으로 나타났다. 평생 사고중독 경험율은 농림어업인의 경우 18.2%, 비농림어업인은 13.3%였으며, 사고중독 후유증 호소율은 농림어업인(8.1%)이 비농림어업인(3.7%) 보다 2배 이상 높게 나타났고, 농림어업인의 사고 유형의 분포는 골절 탈구 > 삐거나 인대늘어남 > 좌상, 발생원인은 교통운수사고 > 추락미끄러짐, 발생장소는 도로 > 논밭 > 주거 인접지역 순으로 나타났다. 건강하지 못하거나 매우 건강하지 못하게 느끼는 주관적 건강인식 비율은 농림어업인이 비농림어업인에 비해 거의 2배 가까이 건강을 나쁘게 인식하는 것으로 나타났으며, 흡연율과 운동미실천율이 농림어업인이 비농림어업인보다 높게 나타났다. 또한 스트레스 원인으로서 건강과 질병이라는 응답비율이 농림어업인이 비농림어업인에 비해 2.4배 많게 나타났다. 결론적으로 농림어업인은 비농림어업인에 비해 만성질병 유병률이 높게 나타났으며 그 중 근골격계질환이 가장 문제가 되고 있었다. 이는 농작업 특성상 작업자세가 불량하고 장시간 같은 자세로 일하는 시간이 길며 중량물 취급 등 근골격계 부담작업이 많기 때문으로 해석된다. 따라서 농림어업인의 건강증진사업은 일반적인 성인병 예방 중심의 사업이 아니라 농작업 특성을 반영하여 농림어업인에게 특화된 방향으로 전개되어야 할 것으로 생각한다. 이를 위해서는 농림어업인에게 주로 발생하는 질환 및 사고와 농작업과의 관련성을 심층분석하고 건강유해요인을 구명하는 연구가 지속적으로 수행되어야 하며 각각의 건강 유해요인별로 다양한 대책 마련이 필요하다고 하겠다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.42-54
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• 2017

Objectives: The present study was conducted to investigate farm work environments among farmers and examine the level of management of safety and health, and to subsequently produce study result to serve as foundational data for the development of guidelines on safety and health as part of the improvement of farming work environments among farmers raising Korean native cattle. Methods: The present study conducted a survey on farm work environments and the management of safety and health with 407 farmers engaged in Korean native cattle farming in selected regions in eight provinces. It also visited 10 farmers to verify the current status of farm work. Results: The survey results showed that 16.4% of the respondents experienced safety-related accidents due to farm work. The locations of the accidents were inside the cattle shed (71.4%) and facilities outside the cattle shed (19.6%). The types of accident showed collision with animals (35.7%), collision or contact with obstacles (27.1%), and musculoskeletal accidents due to heavy object handling (12.9%). The causes of the accidents were cattle (38.3%), cultivators and tractors (25.4%), facility tools in cattle sheds (9.0%), and slippery floors (6.0%). The damaged areas were hand (21.0%), spine (19.8%), lower limb (18.5%), and foot (17.3%). A self-diagnostic survey on respiratory diseases showed that 11.5% of the respondents experienced respiratory-related symptoms. The survey on safety and health during farm work showed that wearing personal protective equipment and response to emergency situations, which were needed to prevent safety-related accidents, were relatively low compared to the level of recognition of the need and awareness of safety issues. Furthermore, the field survey identified the current status of safety and health issues such as prevention management of collision accidents with cattle, how to handle heavy objects, and wearing of personal protective equipment. Conclusions: The present study identified safety-related accidents and problems in the management of safety and health among Korean native cattle farmers. In order to address the problem, it is necessary to not only provide guidelines on safety and health management which are appropriate to the characteristics of Korean native cattle farming work, but also to study the development of personal protective equipment.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 1981

To investigate the status of medical accident attack rate and medicare utilization during last 27months from 1st Oct., 1977 to 31st Dec. 1979 in the area under Sam Wha Medicare Insurance Union, the study was carried out through analyzing the medicare records of patients who were enrolled. "The medical accident" in this study was used as the meaning of the state that the people who have been treated morbid condition with insurance money. For the study, 2 doctors and one nurse were mobilized and the results are as follows: 1) The total number of the Medicare Insurance Union members among the 37,044 total population of the study area, (Hea-mi, Unsan, Eumam Myun) were 57, 35 composed of 3,000 males (52.3%) and 27, 35 females (47.7%) in 1977, 3,383 composed of 2,006 males (59.3%) 1,377 females (40.7%) in 1978, 2,573 composed of 1,437 males and 1,336 females (44.2%) in 1979. 2) Total number of medical accident attack cases were 6,774 case (partially overlapped the number of the 1977 with that of the 1978) and average annual medical accident attack rate per 1,000 population was 700.9. 3) Five major disease group in the past three years were disease of the respiratory system (177.7), disease of the digestive system (165.8), disease of the skin and subcutaneous(64.9), symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions (64.6), any injury and poisoning (51.9). Mental disorders (32.6) was the 6th order disease group. 4) The order of the medical accident attack rate of age group per 1,000 population per year was the year group of 0~4(877.8), 45~64(832.6), 25~44(810.3), 5~14(495.1) 15~24(494.7) 65 and over (460.7). 5) Medical accident attack rate of age group per 1,000 population in the 5 major disease groups were the year group of 45~64 (100.0) in the mental disorders 0~4(525.1) in the disease of the respiratory system 45~64 (328.5) in the disease of the digestive system 0~4 (202.8) in the disease of the skin and subcutanous tissue, 25~44 (98.3) in the accidents and poisoning. 6) Monthly medical accidents attack rate were 87.0 in the winter (Dsc., Jan., Feb.) and 86.2 in the summer (Jun., July, Aug.). So the trend of the medical accidents attack rate during the year was bimount figure. 7) Monthly medical accidents attack rate in the major disease group were highest in Jan., Apr., (31.1) in the disease of the respiratory system, in Jan., Feb., Mar. (24.9) in the disease of the digestive system, in Jan., Jun., Aug. (9.8) in the injury and poisoning. 8) Duration of the treatment of the 93.1% of the total cases were within 5 days. 9) 299 cases (4.5%) of the total number of cases, 6,587 cases were referred to secondary and tertiary medicare facilities. 10) The order of the major 10 kinds of diagnosis of the disease, 6,587 cases during 27 months, were URI and chillness (1,063 cases, 16.1%), gastritis(830 cases, 12. 6%) dermatitis(360 cases, 5.5%), bronchitis(291 cases, 4.4%), neurosis (284 cases, 4.3%), contusion (165 cases, 2.5%), tooth extraction (157 cases, 2.4%), tonsillitis (109 cases, 0.7%), laceration (107 cases, 1.6%), neuralgia (105 cases, 1.6%), arthritis (104 cases, 1.6%), otitis media and mastoiditis (103 cases, 1.6%), so total case were 3,678 cases (55.9%).