Work-related diseases and injury of Korean farmer: causes, epidemiology, and countermeasure

Sang Baek Ko

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Work-Related Diseases and Injury of Korean Farmer

Journal of the Korean Medical Association

Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2012; 55(11): 1044-1045.

Published online: 16 November 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2012.55.11.1044

Work-related diseases and injury of Korean farmer: causes, epidemiology, and countermeasure

Sang Baek Ko, MD^1,²

¹Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.

²Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.

Corresponding author: Sang Baek Ko, kohhj@yonsei.ac.kr

Received 10 October 2012 Accepted 20 October 2012

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