title: Environmental asbestos exposure sources in Korea.
abstract: Because of the long asbestos-related disease latencies (10-50 years), detection, diagnosis, and epidemiologic studies require asbestos exposure history. However, environmental asbestos exposure source (EAES) data are lacking.
  
  
  
  To survey the available data for past EAES and supplement these data with interviews.
  
  
  
  We constructed an EAES database using a literature review and interviews of experts, former traders, and workers. Exposure sources by time period and type were visualized using a geographic information system (ArcGIS), web-based mapping (Google Maps), and OpenWeatherMap. The data were mounted in the GIS to show the exposure source location and trend.
  
  
  
  The majority of asbestos mines, factories, and consumption was located in Chungnam; Gyeonggi, Busan, and Gyeongnam; and Gyeonggi, Daejeon, and Busan, respectively. Shipbuilding and repair companies were mostly located in Busan and Gyeongnam.
  
  
  
  These tools might help evaluate past exposure from EAES and estimate the future asbestos burden in Korea.
authors.affiliation: a Occupational and Environmental Medicine , Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Environmental Health Center for Asbestos , Yangsan-si , South Korea.|b Preventive and Occupational Medicine , School of Medicine, Pusan National University , Yangsan-si , South Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Mug
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: a Occupational and Environmental Medicine , Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Environmental Health Center for Asbestos , Yangsan-si , South Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: a Occupational and Environmental Medicine , Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Environmental Health Center for Asbestos , Yangsan-si , South Korea.|b Preventive and Occupational Medicine , School of Medicine, Pusan National University , Yangsan-si , South Korea.
authors.forename: Ju-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: a Occupational and Environmental Medicine , Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Environmental Health Center for Asbestos , Yangsan-si , South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Hee
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: b Preventive and Occupational Medicine , School of Medicine, Pusan National University , Yangsan-si , South Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Sik
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: a Occupational and Environmental Medicine , Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Environmental Health Center for Asbestos , Yangsan-si , South Korea.|b Preventive and Occupational Medicine , School of Medicine, Pusan National University , Yangsan-si , South Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Ki
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: c Asbestos Environmental Health Center , SoonChunhyang University Hospital Cheonan , Cheonan-si , South Korea.
authors.forename: Yong-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001194:Asbestos; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D066192:Manufacturing Industry; D008906:Mining; D011210:Power Plants; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012767:Ships; D013232:Steel
chemical_list: D013232:Steel; D001194:Asbestos
keywords: GIS; Mapping; Modeling; Past; Reconstruction; Spatial; Temporal