Investigation on the SARS-CoV-2 RNA and PM-2.5 inside Public Transportations in Seoul
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Seo, Minjeong
(Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Hong, Juhee (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Rhee, Hojun (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Park, Jinsol (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Lim, Hakmyeong (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Park, Myung Kyu (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Min, Byungchul (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Park, Eun Sun (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Lee, Sanghoon (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Kim, Hanjun (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Ha, Kwangtae (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Kwon, Seungmi (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Shin, Jinho (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Lee, Jaein (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Hwang, Youngok (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Oh, Younghee (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Shin, Yongseung (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) |
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