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Son YJ, Kim SD, Jang HJ, Yun YR, Kim HM, Park JI, Kim SH
KMID: 2247110
Korean J Health Promot.
2012 Jun;12(2):100-108.
BACKGROUND: Health illiteracy is a problem often unrecognized by health care providers. It influences medical costs and the health status of adults. The purposes of this study were to determine...
BACKGROUND: With the rapid growth of the elderly population, osteoporosis has become a major health problem worldwide. Although health knowledge and self-efficacy are important assets to facilitate healthy behaviors and...
BACKGROUND: With the number of cancer survivors increasing, follow-up care to deal with problems related to their original cancer is needed. One of these is screening for a second primary...
BACKGROUND: Despite the adverse impact that being overweight or obese has on cardiovascular disorders, numerous studies have addressed the 'obesity paradox', which suggests that obese persons seem to have a...
Lee JA, Park KM, Sunwoo S, Yang YJ, Seo YS, Song SW, Kim BS, Kim YS
KMID: 2247107
Korean J Health Promot.
2012 Jun;12(2):75-82.
BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most important chronic diseases in public health, thus optimal management of this condition is crucial. For this purpose, oral hypoglycemic agents (OHA)...