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An Assessment of Dust, Endotoxin, and Microorganism Exposure during Waste Collection and Sorting

Dong-Uk Park Department of Environmental Health, Korea National Open University, Seoul, South KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Seung-Hun Ryu Department of Environmental Health, Korea National Open University, Seoul, South Korea
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Shin-Bum Kim Wonjin Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health, Seoul, South Korea
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Chung-Sik Yoon School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Pages 461-468 | Published online: 10 Oct 2011

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