Measuring the Environmental Burden of Disease in South Korea: A Population-Based Study.

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Published in Int J Environ Res Public Health on July 13, 2015

Authors

Seok-Jun Yoon1, Hyeong-Su Kim2, Jongsik Ha3, Eun-Jung Kim4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 136-705, Korea. yoonsj02@korea.ac.kr.
2: Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, KonKuk University, Seoul 143-729, Korea. mubul@kku.ac.kr.
3: Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change, Korea Environment Institute, Sejong 339-007, Korea. jsha@jei.re.kr.
4: Department of Economics, Economic Research Institute, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea. 99340004@korea.ac.kr.

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