• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.17-19
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• 1976

1975년 추잠기에 양잠공해중 크게 영향을 미치는 농약, 담배, 매연의 해를 조사 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 양잠공해의 산견피해율은 농약, 담배, 매연 각각 1.4, 0.6, 01.%이었다. 2. 농약의 피해율은 주로 수도농약으로 49.4%를 점하고 과수, 채소농약은 각각 21.2., 12.3%이었다. 3. 담배공해는 뽕밭 근처의 담배밭, 뽕밭 근처의 담배건조장, 잠실근처의 담배건조장, 잠실근처의 담배밭 순으로 점멸하였으며 피해농가비율은 각각 60, 18, 14, 8%순이었다. 4. 공장 매연의 해는 주로 시멘트공장의 석분 해이었다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제73권4호
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• pp.210-218
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• 2012

Background: The level of urine cotinine is an indicator of tobacco smoke exposure. The purpose of this study is to investigate urine cotinine for the purpose of assessing the smoking status of Korean smokers and non-smokers exposed to tobacco smoke. Methods: The subjects were identified from the 2007-2009 and the 2010 data sets of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). They were assigned as non-smokers, current smokers and ex-smokers. Non-smokers were also divided into three subset groups according to the duration of smoke exposure. Each group was stratified by gender prior to analysis. Results: The median value of urine cotinine in the male current smokers was 1,221.93 ng/mL which was the highest among all groups. The difference between levels of urine cotinine for male and the female groups was statistically significant (p<0.01). In the female group, passive smoke exposure groups reported higher urine cotinine levels than non-exposure groups (p=0.01). The cutoff point for the discrimination of current smokers from non-smokers was 95.6 ng/mL in males and 96.8 ng/mL in females. The sensitivity and specificity were 95.2% and 97.1%, respectively, in males, 96.1% and 96.5% in females. However, the determination of urine cotinine level was not useful in distinguishing between passive smoke exposure groups and non-exposure groups. Conclusion: Urine cotinine concentration is a useful biomarker for discriminating non-smokers from current smokers. However, careful interpretation is necessary for assessing passive smoke exposure by urine cotinine concentration.