• Uncertainty Analysis of a Pharmacokinetic Modeling for Inhalation Exposure of Benzene from the Use of Groundwater at Dwelling
  • 거주지의 지하수사용에서 유래한 벤젠의 흡입노출에 대한 동적약리학 모델의 불확실성 분석
  • 김상준;이현호;박지연;이유진;유동한;양지원;
  • 한국과학기술원 생명화학공학과 환경복원공학연구실;LG 환경안전연구원;한국과학기술원 생명화학공학과 환경복원공학연구실;한국과학기술원 생명화학공학과 환경복원공학연구실;한국원자력연구소;한국과학기술원 생명화학공학과 환경복원공학연구실;
Abstract
This study presents the result of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of a pharmacokinetic model which describes the distribution and removal of benzene at each organ when an indivisual inhales indoor contaminated air with benzene originated from groundwater. The pharmacokinetic model simulates the distribution of benzene deposited in organs of human body through inhalation of contaminated indoor air as well as degradation-metabolism in liver. This study focused on the uncertainty problem induced from the use of the single values for blood flow, partition coefficient, degradation constant, volume, etc. of each organ which was due to a lack of knowledge about these parameters or their measurements. To solve this problem, uncertainty analysis on the pharmacokinetic model was conducted simultaneously which would help understanding the risk assessment associated with VOCs.

본 연구는 지하수로부터 유래한 벤젠이 실내공기에 휘발되어 호흡을 통하여 인체에 유입될때 각 장기에 분포하고 제거되는 것을 묘사하는 동적약리학 모델의 불확실성 및 중요도 분석의 결과를 제공하였다. 오염된 실내공기의 호흡을 통해 체내에 유입된 벤젠이 각 장기에 분포하는 비율과 농도를 모의하기 위해 기존의 동적약리학 모델을 적용하였으며 간에서의 분해대사를 포함하여 구성하였다. 본 연구는 동적약리학 모델의 각 장기의 혈류량, 분배계수, 분해상수, 부피 등과 같은 인자들에 대한 지식 및 측정의 부족에서 오는 고정된 단일 값의 사용이 야기하는 불확실성 문제에 대해 초점을 맞추었다. 이를 해결하기 위해서 동적약리학 모델과 불확실성 분석을 동시에 수행되었으며 앞으로 휘발성 유기화합물과 관련한 위해도 평가에서의 이해를 높일 수 있다고 생각된다.

Keywords: Indoor air pollution;Benzene;Physiologically based pharmacokinetic model;Uncertainty analysis;Sensitivity analysis;

Keywords: 실내공기오염;벤젠;동적약리학 모델;불확실성 분석;중요도 분석;

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This Article

  • 2004; 9(1): 28-38

    Published on Mar 1, 2004