Mercury Level in Hair of Primary School Children in Korea and China
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Park, Hee-Jin
(Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University)
Kim, Dae-Seon (School of Environmental Health, University of British Columbia) Moon, Jeong-Suk (R & D Support Team, Korea Institute of Environmental Science and Technology) Yang, Won-Ho (Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu) Son, Bu-Soon (Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University) |
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