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Health disparities in contemporary Korean society : issues and subpopulations
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"This edited volume unveils diverse issues and factors related to health disparities in contemporary Korean Society. It illustrates how economic and social changes unequally impact different subpop...
"This edited volume unveils diverse issues and factors related to health disparities in contemporary Korean Society. It illustrates how economic and social changes unequally impact different subpopulations, including employees, the elderly, children, and immigrants and describes why health policy and intervention is needed now"--
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- Creator
- edited by Sou Hyun Jang and Joong-Hwan Oh
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]
- Physical Details
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- ix, 293 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781793632104, 1793632103, 9781793632128, 179363212X, 9781793632111, 9781793632111
- OCLC
- on1181837338
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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