Environmental Health Surveillance of Low Birth Weight in Seoul using Air Monitoring and Birth Data
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Seo, Ju-Hee
(Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Medical Research Center, Ewha Womans University)
Kim, Ok-Jin (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Seoul National University) Kim, Byung-Mi (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Medical Research Center, Ewha Womans University) Park, Hye-Sook (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Medical Research Center, Ewha Womans University) Leem, Jong-Han (Department of Occupational Medicine, Inha University) Hong, Yun-Chul (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) Kim, Young-Ju (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University) Ha, Eun-Hee (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Medical Research Center, Ewha Womans University) |
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