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Kim: How Should the Diversity Committee Work?
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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2019; 74(3): 127-129.

Published online: 27 September 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2019.74.3.127

How Should the Diversity Committee Work?

Yong Sung Kim1, 2

1Wonkwang Digestive Disease Research Institute, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.

2Good Breath Clinic, Gunpo, Korea.

Correspondence to: Yong Sung Kim, Wonkwang Digestive Disease Research Institute, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, 460 Iksan-daero, Iksan 54538, Korea. Tel: +82-63-859-2670, Fax: +82-63-855-2025, wms89@hanmail.net

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