Metal concentrations of Chinese herbal medicine products in the United States |
Lee, Sun-Dong
(Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University)
Shin, Heon-Tae (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Oriental Medicine, Dongshin University) Park, Hae-Mo (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University) Ko, Seong-Gyu (Department of Preventive medicine, School of Oriental Medicine, Kyunghee University) Kook, Yoon-Bum (Department of Prescriptionology, School of Oriental Medicine, Sangji University) Ryu, Jin-Yeol (Center for Natural Science, Sangji University) Kim, Hyun-Do (National University of Health Sciences) Hu, Howard (Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan) Park, Sung-Kyun (Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan) |
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