Occupational and environmental asbestos exposure and the risk of lung cancer in Korea: A case-control study in South Chungcheong Province of Korea

Da-An Huh; Min-Sung Kang; Jiyun Lee; Ji Yoon Choi; Kyong Whan Moon; Yong-Jin Lee

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0249790

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Occupational and environmental asbestos exposure and the risk of lung cancer in Korea: A case-control study in South Chungcheong Province of Korea

Da-An Huh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Da-An Huh, Min-Sung Kang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Science, Graduate School at Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Min-Sung Kang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Da-An Huh, Min-Sung Kang

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Science, Graduate School at Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Asbestos Environmental Health Center, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
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Jiyun Lee,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science, Graduate School at Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ji Yoon Choi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science, Graduate School at Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Kyong Whan Moon,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science, Graduate School at Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, BK21 FOUR R&E Center for Learning Health System & Department of Health and Environmental Science, Graduate School at Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5794-0883

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Yong-Jin Lee

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: schcard34274@naver.com

Affiliations Asbestos Environmental Health Center, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea, Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
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Occupational and environmental asbestos exposure and the risk of lung cancer in Korea: A case-control study in South Chungcheong Province of Korea

Da-An Huh,
Min-Sung Kang,
Jiyun Lee,
Ji Yoon Choi,
Kyong Whan Moon,
Yong-Jin Lee

Published: April 8, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249790

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