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BMC Public Healthjournal_title
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Lee M,Park EC,Chang HS,Kwon JA,Yoo KB,Kim THdoi
10.1186/1471-2458-13-553subject
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2013-06-06 00:00:00pages
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1471-2458-13-553journal_volume
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