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Association between smoking status and subjective quality of sleep in the South Korean population: a cross-sectional study
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between smoking and subjective sleep quality in the Korean adult population.
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Open AccessEffectiveness of chatbots on COVID vaccine confidence and acceptance in Thailand, Hong Kong, and Singapore
Chatbots have become an increasingly popular tool in the field of health services and communications. Despite chatbots’ significance amid the COVID-19 pandemic, few studies have performed a rigorous evaluation...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Association between parents’ country of birth and smoking risks in South Korean adolescents
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Open AccessAssociation between serum lipid levels over time and risk of Parkinson’s disease
The role of serum lipids in Parkinson’s disease (PD) remains controversial. We aimed to evaluate the association between time-varying serum lipid levels and the risk of PD. This study included an assessment of...
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Open AccessDifference in medical service use among Korean gastric cancer survivors according to regional healthcare vulnerabilities: a cohort study
This study investigated the relationship between medical service use and healthcare vulnerability, pre- and post-gastric cancer diagnosis. Differences between healthcare-vulnerable and healthcare-nonvulnerable...
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Open AccessAssociation between parents’ country of birth and smoking risks in South Korean adolescents
This study aimed to determine whether significant associations exist between multicultural families and adolescent smoking risks in South Korea. Data from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based survey from 20...
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Association between smartphone addiction risk, sleep quality, and sleep duration among Korean school-age children: a population-based panel study
Smartphone addiction is regarded as a public health threat to the lives of children and adolescents. However, its association with sleep quality and quantity is poorly understood in the Korean context. This st...
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Open AccessReduced expression of TAZ inhibits primary cilium formation in renal glomeruli
Renal primary cilia are antenna-like organelles that maintain cellular homeostasis via multiple receptors clustered along their membranes. Recent studies have revealed that YAP/TAZ, key paralogous effectors of...
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Open AccessAssociation between occupational noise and vibration and anxiety in the South Korean working population: a cross-sectional study
Although occupational exposure to noise and vibration is common, its effect on psychological wellbeing is poorly understood. This study investigated the relationship between occupational exposure to noise and ...
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Open AccessCost-benefit analysis of vaccination: a comparative analysis of eight approaches for valuing changes to mortality and morbidity risks
There is increasing interest in estimating the broader benefits of public health interventions beyond those captured in traditional cost-utility analyses. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in principle offers a way ...
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Open AccessComparison of incubation period distribution of human infections with MERS-CoV in South Korea and Saudi Arabia
The incubation period is an important epidemiologic distribution, it is often incorporated in case definitions, used to determine appropriate quarantine periods, and is an input to mathematical modeling studie...
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Carbon microspheres grown by using hydride vapor phase epitaxy
A carbon microsphere of a core-shell type was grown by using a new method of mixed-source hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE). The surface and the cross section of the carbon microsphere grown by using the new ...
