Seoul National University · Medicine
Professor Sung-Il Cho's research lab focuses on occupational and environmental health, with a strong emphasis on the impact of workplace exposures—such as organic solvents—on reproductive and psychological health. The lab investigates how socioeconomic status, family demands, and housing conditions influence health outcomes, particularly in vulnerable populations like industrial workers and the economically disadvantaged. Their work bridges environmental epidemiology with public health policy, aiming to inform interventions that address social determinants of health.
Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.
Our data suggest that future efforts for health promotion should consider workers' family demands and SES as important modifying factors of psychological health in the workplace.
To investigate the association between organic solvent exposure and menstrual disturbance, we conducted a cross-sectional study among 1408 petrochemical workers in China. Based on an industrial hygiene evaluation, we classified the workshops according to the presence or absence of organic solvents (benzene, styrene, toluene, or xylene). We used logistic regression to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for prolonged menstrual cycle length (oligomenorrhea: average cycle length > 35
This is the first systematic review to identify the effects of inadequate housing on TB and to categorize inadequate-housing-related exposure to TB in terms of affordability and quality. The steps identified in TB development and the consequences thereof had a greater association with housing affordability than with housing quality. Therefore, public health interventions regarding housing affordability could be more diverse, and interventions that support affordable housing for residents of inad
Open papers in the app to read, cite, and organize with AI.
