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People are generally exposed to radiation from natural sources. Radon is the most important radiation source among natural sources. Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive noble gas that is odorless...
A recent report from International Diabetes Federation estimates that 366 million people have diabetes in 2011 and this will have risen to 552 million by 2030. That means one adult...
Development of public health has had great impact on quality of human life since the Renaissance. Earlier, Rudolph Virchow indicated that medicine is social science, and politics are nothing else...
In this paper, the authors suggest more effective conditions for human tissue preparation in research hospitals. Because recent genetic and molecular studies have contributed to the rapid development of molecular...
Asian dust, called Hwangsa in Korean, is windblown dust originating from the desert areas of China and Mongolia. Public concern on the possible adverse health effects of Asian dust has...
Even in the 21st century, some working environments still expose workers to cement dust. Many people are also exposed to cement dusts particles in their living environment, such as near...
Asbestos causes several asbestos related diseases (ARDs). Not only occupational asbestos exposure but also environmental asbestos exposure can cause ARDs. In Korea compensation for workers with ARDs has been provided...
We used a systematic review to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a new health technology in Korea. The results of the systematic review are being used by the Health...
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) include a variety of chemicals with different structures. Disruption of the complicated endocrine system by these chemicals has been suspected to affect the health of wildlife...
This new classification system redefines the current paradigm of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and ankylosing spondylitis (AS), by focusing on the features of the disease at earlier...
Dementia is a clinical syndrome that can be caused by multiple conditions, with variable speed of onset, rate of evolution, and duration. Some of these conditions are relentlessly progressive and...