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Original Research Paper

Environmental asbestos exposure sources in Korea

Dong-Mug KangOccupational and Environmental Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Environmental Health Center for Asbestos, Yangsan-si, South Korea;Preventive and Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan-si, South Korea
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Jong-Eun KimOccupational and Environmental Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Environmental Health Center for Asbestos, Yangsan-si, South KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ju-Young KimOccupational and Environmental Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Environmental Health Center for Asbestos, Yangsan-si, South Korea;Preventive and Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan-si, South Korea
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Hyun-Hee LeeOccupational and Environmental Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Environmental Health Center for Asbestos, Yangsan-si, South Korea
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Young-Sik HwangPreventive and Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan-si, South Korea
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Young-Ki KimOccupational and Environmental Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Environmental Health Center for Asbestos, Yangsan-si, South Korea;Preventive and Occupational Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan-si, South Korea
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Yong-Jin LeeAsbestos Environmental Health Center, SoonChunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, Cheonan-si, South Korea
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Pages 307-314 | Published online: 11 Oct 2016

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