Cost-of-illness Study of Asthma in Korea: Estimated from the Korea National Health Insurance Claims Database
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Park, Choon-Seon
(Health Insurance Review Agency)
Kwon, Il (National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board) Kang, Dae-Ryong (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) Jung, Hye-Young (Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University) Kang, Hye-Young (Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University) |
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