Objectives: Through quantitative analysis of the main computerized national immunization registry in Korea in operation since 2000, this study was performed to propose methods of improving the national immunization registry. ...

1,3-butadiene is classified as suspected human carcinogen, group A2(American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, ACGIH). In Korea, 1,3-butadiene has been used as a raw material; monomer, homopolymer, polybutadiene ...

1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP＋) has been shown to selectively inhibit mitochondrial function and induce a parkinsonism-like syndrome. MPP＋ stimulates the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and induces ...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the appropriate metabolite as biomarker for the biomonitoring of 1,3-butadiene(BD) inhalation exposure. We measured the hemoglobin adducts which were extracted from the blood of ...

Objectives: The public relies on the news media to understand health risks. To examine the surveillance function of Korean health journalism, this study compared the rank-order of the 10 most frequently diagnosed cancers ...

Hospitals in Korea are enforcing a quality control over 119Emergency Medical Services to increase the survival rate of Out of Hospital Cardiac arrest patients. This study is to analyze the factors that effect the survival ...

Objectives: The purpose of this study is, using the data of Korean National Hospital Discharge In-depth Injury Survey, to examine the characteristics of cancer patients’ medical care utilization rate and provide the baseline ...

15-Deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2 (15d-PGJ2), an endogenous ligand for PPARγ, has differential effects on cancer cell proliferation and survival depending on the dose and the type of cells. In the present study, we have ...

Background: Abnormal upregulation of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is considered to be a key oncogenic event in the development and progression of inflammation-associated human colon cancer. It has been reported that ...

The active metabolite of vitamin D3 (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, calcitriol) has shown potent antitumor activity for multiple cancers in vitro and in vivo models. Concerns about causing hypercalcemia by calcitriol and the ...