Medical Expenditure of National Health Insurance Attributable to Smoking among the Korean Population
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1975-8375
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2007.40.3.227