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WonYang Kang1, Daeho Kim, Mi-Yeon Kim
1From the Department of Research for Occupational Health, Institute of Occupation and Environment, Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Objective:
This study aimed to share the process of epidemiologic survey and demonstrate the decisive factors for evaluating work-related idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) in Korea.
Methods:
Data and reports of epidemiologic surveys were investigated and completed during 2010-2022.
Results:
A total of 228 idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) cases requested for an epidemiologic survey, of which 153 (67.1%) were work related. The level of exposure intensity was more than intermediate and the exposure duration was more than 10 years in the work-related IPF, so the decisive factors for work-related IPF were exposure substances, intensity, and duration. The main factors for work-related acute interstitial pneumonia or cryptogenic organizing pneumonia were exposure latency and exposure intensity.
Conclusions:
The results of this study indicated the process of the epidemiologic survey and important factors for evaluating work-related IIPs.
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