Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Ŭihakhoe chi
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The biosafety level (BSL) practiced in microbiology laboratories in Korea according to the laboratory biosafety manual published by the World Health Organization (WHO) was evaluated using the data obtained by a survey. ⋯ The state of overall observance of BSL in most microbiology labs of Korea was evaluated as lagging compared with the standard set up by WHO. Therefore, the Korean government need to produce and distribute a biosafety manual in microbiology laboratories and make efforts to prevent this threat through measures such as training in biosafety in microbiology labs.
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J Prev Med Public Health · Nov 2005
[Air pollution and respiratory symptoms of school children in a panel study in Seoul].
The aim of this study was to assess the effect of air pollution on the daily respiratory symptoms of elementary school children in Seoul. ⋯ We found that exposure to air pollution affects the daily respiratory symptoms in children. This study suggests that the effect on children's health? due to the short term changes in air pollution levels needs to be considered as an important public health problem.
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J Prev Med Public Health · Aug 2005
[Mediating role of empowerment in the relations to job and organizational factors, and job satisfaction and organizational commitment--empirical evidence from national university hospital employees].
The aim of this study was to examined the mediating role of empowerment in relations to job and organizational factors, and job satisfaction and organizational commitment in hospital organizations. ⋯ In the relations to job satisfaction, empowerment completely mediated job significance, security and organizational support, and partially mediated all other variables, with the exception of reward justice. In the relations to organizational commitment, empowerment completely mediated job variety and job fitness, and partially mediated all other variables, with the exception of reward justice. The theoretical and practical implications of these results have been discussed.
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J Prev Med Public Health · Aug 2005
Comparative Study[Comparing the performance of three severity scoring systems for ICU patients: APACHE III, SAPS II, MPM II].
To evaluate the predictive validity of three scoring systems; the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation(APACHE) III, simplified acute physiology score(SAPS) II, and mortality probability model (MPM) II systems in critically ill patients. ⋯ The APACHE III and SAPS II systems have excellent powers of mortality prediction, and calibration, and can be useful tools for the quality assessment of intensive care units (ICUs).
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J Prev Med Public Health · Aug 2005
[Changes in mortality inequality in relation to the South Korean economic crisis: use of area-based socioeconomic position].
An abrupt economic decline may widen the socioeconomic differences in health between the advantaged and disadvantaged in a society. The aim of this study was to examine whether the South Korean economic crisis of 1997-98 affected the socioeconomic inequality from all-causes and from cause-specific mortality between 1995 and 2001. ⋯ The South Korean economic crisis widened the geographic inequality in mortalities from major external causes. This increased inequality requires social discourse and counter policies with respect to the rising health inequalities in the South Korean society.