• 환경위생공학
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.33-45
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• 1989

The survey was conducted on the actual conditions of species, the facilities, a establishment of regulation concerning laboratory animals and the related problems on users and suppliers of laboratory animals in Korea. The questionnaires were sent to 430 and received from 107$(24.9\%)$ places. The results obtained were as follows : 1. Experimental animals used at the 107 places were 21 species: mouse(90\;places,\;84.1\%)$, rat $(61,\;57.0\%)$, rabbit$(76,\;71.0\%)$, guineapig$(42,\; 39.3\%)$ etc. 2. The main organizations using laboratory animals were university $46(43.0\%)$, institute $32(29.9\%)$ and pharmaceutical company $27(25.2\%)$ etc. 3. Most the laboratory animal facilities in Korea have been conventional system without environmental controls, but a few places have been recently established barrier system. 4. To get a good experimental result, a regular genetic and microbiological monitoring of laboratory animals should be done. 5. It was required that a educational facilities and a quality test agency for laboratory animals should be established. 6. It was also required that a regulation for breeding and using of laboratory animals should 'be enacted.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.543-558
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• 2023

Currently, Japan is undertaking a nationwide project to measure and map radioactive contamination around Fukushima, as part of the efforts to restore normalcy following the nuclear accident. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) manages the Fukushima Environmental Safety Center, located approximately 20 km north of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Minamisōma City, Fukushima Prefecture. In collaboration with the JAEA, this study involved conducting comparison experiments and analyses with radiation detectors in high radiation environments, a challenging task in Korean environments. Environmental radiation surveys were conducted using three types of detectors: CZT, NaI(Tl), and LaBr₃(Ce), across two contaminated areas. Dose rate values were converted using dose rate conversion factors for each detector type, and dose rate maps were subsequently created and compared. The detectors yielded similar results, demonstrating their feasibility and reliability in high radiation environments. The findings of this study are expected to be a crucial reference for enhancing the verification and supplementation of procedures and methods in future radiation measurements and mobile surveys in high-radiation environments, using these three types of radiation instruments.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.419-443
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• 2007

최근 국내에서는 외국기업의 국내진출에 따른 M&A, 미국과의 자유무역협정에 따른 시장개방에 따라 부지환경평가 (토양환경평가)의 결과를 반영할 필요성이 점차 증가되어 왔다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 연안매립지역에 위치한 대규모 화학공장부지에 대한 실제적인 부지환경평가를 통하여 국내의 토양환경평가 지침의 문제점을 보완하고 효율적, 경제적 평가를 위한 복합적 조사기법들을 이용하였다. 이 연구는 기초조사, 부지현황조사, 시료채취와 분석, 관측정 설치와 수리지질 조사, 자료 분석의 6단계로 진행되었다. 각각의 조사단계에서는 기존자료조사, 선구조분석, 지표지질조사, 지구물리탐사, 시추조사, 수리전도도, 지하수의 유향유속측정, 시료채취 및 분석 결과를 조합하여 복합적으로 해석하였다. 연구결과, 부지환경평가를 위한 이러한 다양한 조사기법들의 적용은 부지의 오염현상, 지하매질에 대한 부지특성화에 매우 효과적이었다. 국내에서는 '토양환경평가 지침'에 의한 기초조사에 있어 기존자료의 이용, 가용한 자료의 보관상태, 평가를 위한 관계자 인터뷰 등에 있어 매우 열악한 여건을 가지고 있다. 따라서 '부지환경평가'를 수행하는데 있어 이러한 복합조사기법의 적용은 더욱 경제적이고 효율적이며, 토양과 지하수오염을 연계하여 평가하는데 있어서도 매우 유용할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.281-287
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• 2009

Achieved monitoring regularly about fishway that is a intake dam belongings to Kyeongchon for 5 years. Result that achieve monitoring, discovered pressing issue of opening and closing degree of discharge control part in fishway. In this research, analyze discharge relation with fishway and intake sluice and presented operation plan of opening and closing of discharge control part. Investigated necessity intake discharge and benefited area to analyze relation of discharge that is flowed in fishway and discharge escaping by intake sluice. When opened discharge control part step by step gradually, analyzed discharge. Compared with survey discharge making ration curve of fishway and intake sluice using orifice and submerged weir formula. Because operation of intake dam is necessary intake discharge and upriver inflow discharge by time, operation uses by survey discharge and calculated opening discharge of fishway by opening discharge of intake sluice via monthly inflow discharge. To sum up, calculated floodgate opening height of fishway by water level to present maintenance standard of intake dam.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.492-501
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• 2014

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of self-reported cigarette smoking status and investigate factors associated with the accuracy self-reported and measured urinary cotinine in Korean adults. Methods: We used data from the $1^{st}$ Korean National Environmental Health Survey (2009-2011) among adults aged ${\geq}19$ years (N=6,246). The survey examined self-reported smoking status, and urinary cotinine was regarded as the biomarker of exposure to tobacco smoke. Urinary cotinine was analyzed using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and data analysis was conducted using IBM SPSS version 20.0, which uses the sample weight and calculates variance estimates to adjust for the unequal probability of selection into the survey. Results: We calculated a cut-off point (53.3 ug/L) by using a ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) curve. The smoking prevalence was 24.6% based on self-reported data and 28.2% based on urinary cotinine concentrations. When we assessed the agreement between self-reported and urinary cotinine, we found an average agreement of 97.7% among self-reported smokers and 94.5% among self-reported non-smokers. Among self-reported smokers, factors affected the discrepancy were age, household economic status and average number of cigarettes smoked per day. On the other hand, gender, former smoking experience, and exposure to SHS (second hand smoke) were associated with discrepancies among self-reported non-smokers. Conclusion: These results suggest that self-reported data on smoking status provide a valid estimate of actual smoking status. In future research, we will conduct a continuous monitoring study for reliability verification of the data to reduce potential interpretation errors.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.43-57
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• 2022

유사량 계측 기술의 발달로 초음파 도플러 유속계(ADCP)의 산란도가 부유사 농도와 관계가 있다는 특성을 이용해 부유사의 농도를 짧은 시간 간격으로 계측하여 부유사 관측의 비용과 위험 문제를 극복하고자 하는 노력이 지속되고 있다. 국내에는 자동 유량 관측소에 횡방향 ADCP (H-ADCP)가 설치되어 있어 실시간으로 부유사 농도를 계측하는 기술의 적용이 가능하지만 자동 유량 관측소와 부유사 관측소의 위치가 항상 일치하지는 않아 모든 관측소에서의 모형 개발은 불가한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제를 극복하기 위해 H-ADCP가 설치된 유사량 관측소 9개소에 대해 부유사 농도를 계측하는 H-ADCP-SSC 관계식을 개발하고 그 결과의 적용성에 대해 고찰하였다. 그리고 부유사 관측소별로 나타나는 특징에 대해 알아보기 위해 한국 하천의 부유사 관측소 44개소의 유역면적, 부유사와 하상토의 입도분포, 유량-유사량 관계식 등의 유사특성 자료를 이용해 비지도 기계학습 기법인 가우시안 혼합 모형(GMM)으로 군집분석을 수행하였다. 군집화 결과, 유사량 관측소를 공간적으로 구분해낼 수 있었으며, 특히 하천의 본류와 지류의 유사 특징을 구분해낼 수 있었다. 결과적으로, H-ADCP-SSC 관계식과 부유사 관측소의 군집분석 결과를 종합해 H-ADCP-SSC 관계식이 개발되지 않은 자동 유량 관측소에서 관계식을 적용하는 부유사 농도를 실시간으로 계측할 수 있도록 하는 프로토콜을 제안하였다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.370-376
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• 2021

Backround: Working condition surveys are widely recognized as useful tools for monitoring the quality of working life and the improvements introduced by health and safety policy frameworks at the European and national level. The Italian Workers' Compensation Authority carried out a national survey (Insula) to investigate the employer's perceptions related to working conditions and their impact on health. Methods: The present study is based on the data collected from the Italian survey on health and safety at work (INSULA) conducted on a representative sample of the Italian workforce (n = 8,000). This focuses on the relationship between psychosocial risk factors and self-reported health using a set of logistic and linear regression models. Results: Working conditions such as managerial support, job satisfaction, and role act as protective factors on mental and physical health. On the contrary, workers' risk perceptions related to personal exposure to occupational safety and health risks, concern about health conditions, and work-related stress risk exposure determine a poorer state of health. Conclusions: This study highlights the link between working conditions and self-report health, and this aims to provide a contribution in the field of health at work. Findings show that working conditions must be object of specific preventive measures to improve the workers' health and well-being.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.1-3
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• 2000

Indoor carbon monoxide (CO) concentration and personal CO exposures were measured Asan where CO poisoning from twenty coal usage briquette as a domestic fuel to cook and space heating. Twenty-five were houses selected from the Asan area for the survey conducted in February 1997. Newly developed passive CO samplers were placed in the kitchen and living room for the indoor concentration measurement and were worn by homemakers for personal exposure monitoring. The daily average of indoor CO concentration was 16ppm in the kitchen and 10ppm in the living room. The indoor concentration and personal exposures to CO were different in types of the space heating system. House ventilating methods and socioeconomic conditions were also important factors in determining the indoor and personal CO level in Asan.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2022

조류는 수생태계에서 소비자의 에너지를 공급하여 생태계 내 없어서는 안 될 1차 생산자로서 크게 녹조류, 남조류, 규조류로 나뉘어진다. 남조류의 경우 수온이 상승하여 여름철 발생하여 과대 증식하여 녹조현상의 주원인이 되며, 최근 기후 변화로 인해 녹조현상의 발생시기의 변화와 빈도수가 늘고 있는 추세이다. 기존의 조류 조사 방식은 채수 및 센서를 통한 측정으로 이루어지고 있으며 시간, 비용 및 인력의 한계가 나타난다. 이러한 기존 모니터링 방법의 한계를 극복 하기위해 위성영상이나 무인항공기(Unmanned Aearial Vehicles, UAV), 등 탑제체를 운용한 다중분광 및 초분광과 같은 분광기기를 이용하여 원격 모니터링을 수행하는 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 조류 배양액 및 하천수 채수를 통한 실험실 규모의 실험을 통해 원격 모니터링의 종 구분에 대한 가능성에 대하여 확인 해보고자 하였다. 초분광 영상을 취득하기 위해 400-1000 nm에서 분석할 수 있는 초분광 센서를 활용하였다. 채수한 하천수의 조류 종 구분을 위한 분광특성을 추출하기 위해 GF/C필터를 이용하여 여과를 진행하여 시료를 제조하여 영상을 수집하였다. 수집된 영상을 방사보정 및 Base (하천수 및 배양보존액 통칭) 제거를 진행하였고 조류의 분광 정보 추출 과정을 통해 시료별 분광 정보를 추출, 분석하여 조류의 분광특성을 파악, 비교분석하여 하천·호소에서의 초분광영상 기반 원격탐사 모니터링의 적용성을 검토하고자 하였다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.575-582
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• 2016

Seoul city has high population density as well as high traffic congestion, which are vulnerable to exposure of environmental pollutions caused by car traffic. However, recent studies are only on local regions about road traffic and air pollution or health effect of road traffic on residents. Thus, comprehensive study data are needed in terms of overall Seoul regions. In this study utilized the nitrogen dioxide concentration through the national air pollution monitoring network data, 2012 to 2013. It also divided regions into high and low exposure districts via the Origin destination data developed by the Korea transport institute to quantify and evaluate the effect of transport policies and analyzed a correlation of asthma symptoms with high and low exposure districts through raw data of community health survey from the Korea centers for disease control and prevention. Based on the collected data, the pearson's correlation analysis was conducted between air pollution substance concentration and high exposure district and multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine the effect of traffic environment and factors on asthma symptoms of residents. Accordingly, the following results were derived. First, the high exposure district was higher concentrations of nitrogen dioxide ($NO_2$) as per time compared to those of the low exposure district (p<0.01). Second, analysis on correlation between average daily environmental concentration in the air pollution monitoring network and road traffic showed that nitrogen dioxide had a significant positive correlation (p<0.01) with car traffic and total traffic as well as with truck traffic (p<0.05) statistically. Third, an adjusted odds ratio about asthma doctor's diagnosis in the high and low exposure districts was analyzed through the logistic regression analysis. With regard to an adjusted model 2 (adjusted gender, age, health behavior characteristics, and demographic characteristics) odds ratio of asthma doctor's diagnosis in the high exposure district was 1.624 (95% CI: 1.269~2.077) compared to that of the low exposure district, which was significant statistically (p<0.001).