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Effect of Occupational Safety and Health-related Communication in Manufacturing Industry on Safety and Health Management Level - The Number of Supervisors as Mediating Factor - (제조업의 산업안전보건 관련 의사소통이 안전보건경영 수준에 미치는 영향 - 관리감독자 인원의 매개효과를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, You-ri;Lee, Si-young;Chen, Mee-hye;Park, Ji-young;Lim, Mi sun;Lee, Jin-a;Jung, Hye-sun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.494-502
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    • 2021
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is to identify the general characteristics of manufacturing workplaces and the characteristics of safety and health organizations, and to determine the impact of safety and health-related communication within these organizations mediated by supervisory safety and health management personnel. Methods: This study is based on the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency's 2018 Occupational Safety and Health data targeting 1,486 manufacturing sites. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test and ANOVA, and mediator variable regression analysis using SPSS 25.0. Results: The average score on communication levels related to safety and health was 11.20 out of 15. The average score of the safety and health management level was 31.04 out of 40. As a result of mediation regression analysis, it was found that safety and health-related communication had an effect on the safety and health management level (𝛽=0.434), and the number of safety and health supervisors was found to mediate the effect of this variable (𝛽=0.069). Conclusions: The level of safety and health-related communication affects the level of health and safety management, and the number of supervisors mediates this influence. Therefore, the role of the supervisor is important in safety and health communication. It is expected that the level of safety and health management can be improved through management and supervisors.

Risk Assessment on Nitrate and Nitrite in Vegetables Available in Korean Diet

  • Suh, Junghyuck;Paek, Ock Jin;Kang, YoungWoon;Ahn, Ji Eun;Jung, Ji Sun;An, Yeong Soon;Park, Sun-Hee;Lee, Sang-Jae;Lee, Kwang-Ho
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.56 no.4
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    • pp.205-211
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    • 2013
  • Nitrate is a naturally occurring compound in plant and can be converted to nitrite in the nitrogen cycle and vice versa. Therefore, it is easy to find nitrate in plants including vegetables. Especially, it is known that high levels of nitrate found in leafy vegetables. Nitrate itself is relatively non-toxic but its metabolites and reaction products such as nitrite, nitric oxide and N-nitroso compounds, may produce adverse health effects such as methaemoglobinaemia and carcinogenesis. To execute the risk assessment of dietary nitrate and nitrite for the intake of vegetables, it is investigated that the levels of nitrate and nitrite in 23 vegetables (798 samples). The range of concentration were 0-6,719mg/kg for nitrate and 0-1,635mg/kg for nitrite, respectively. The Estimated daily intakes (EDI) were 0.85-1.38 mg/kg body weight/day for nitrate and 0.02-0.03 mg/kg body weight/day for nitrite by ages. We conclude that there are no health concerns for eating various vegetables since the EDI were below the Tolerable Daily Intake (3.7 mg/kg body weight/day for nitrate, 0.06 mg/kg body weight/day for nitrite) level established by WHO.

Determination of blood lead concentration by the atomic absorption spectrometry with graphite furnace-Comparison of blood lead concentration between occupationally exposed workers and control group (흑연로 장치가 부착된 원자흡광분석기를 이용한 혈중 납 농도 측정-직업적으로 납에 폭로된 근로자들과 비폭로 대조군간의 혈중 납 농도 비교)

  • Yang, Jeong Sun;Kang, Seong Kyu;Choi, Byung Sun;Park, In Jeong;Park, Dong Wook;Oh, Se Min;Jeong, Ho Keun
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.363-368
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    • 1993
  • Blood lead concentrations of occupationally exposed workers were measured by the atomic absorption spectrometry with graphite furnace. The concentrations of the unexposed group were also checked and compaired with those of the exposed one. The correlation of smoking habit and work duration with the blood lead concentration was also surveyed.

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Overweight of Korean Male Workers and Genetic Polymorphism of Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 (IRS1) Gene

  • Kim, Ki-Woong;Heo, Kyung-Hwa;Won, Yong-Lim;Ko, Kyung-Sun;Kim, Tae-Gyun;Lee, Mi-Young;Park, Jung-Sun;Paik, Sang-Gi
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.127-132
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    • 2009
  • We have examined the hypothesis that the Gly972Arg variant of the insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) gene is associated with the components contributing to overweight (obesity) and metabolic syndrome. We describe IRS1 genotype frequencies in 274 Korean men. The frequencies of Gly972Gly (GIG) and Gly972Arg (G/A variant) of the IRS1 gene were 88.3% and 11.7%, respectively, and the differences in frequencies between the overweight (BMI$\geq$25kg/m$^2$) group and non-overweight (BMI<25kg/m$^2$) group were statistically significant. The subjects with G/A variant of IRS1 gene in non-overweight had significantly higher level of visceral fat thickness and adiponectin/leptin ratio than those with GIG alleles. In overweight group, the subjects with G/A variant of IRS1 gene also showed significantly higher level of insulin than those with GIG alleles. These results suggest that the IRS1 genetic polymorphism is involved in the occurrence of overweight, as well as metabolic syndrome.