Monogenic diabetes: recent updates on diagnosis and precision treatment: A narrative review [PDF]
Precision and Future Medicine, 2022 Monogenic diabetes is commonly caused by single-gene mutations. This disease ranges from 1% to 5% in all cases of diabetes and is less affected by behavior and environment.
Kyung Mi Jang
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Demographic transition in South Korea: implications of falling birth rates [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental PediatricsThis review examines the critical issues of declining total fertility rates (TFRs) and aging populations in East Asia with special focus on South Korea.
Chae Young Kim, Sung-Hoon Chung
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Current status of modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Korean women [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Internal MedicineHypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, obesity, and smoking are the primary modifiable risk factors contributing to the increasing morbidity and mortality rates from cardiovascular disease (CVD) among Korean women.
In-Jeong Cho, Mi-Seung Shin
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The impact of tourism uncertainty on airline stock markets in Korea: a quantile regression approach
Journal of Business Economics and Management, 2021 This study explores the impact of tourism uncertainty, including economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and travel crises arising from issues such as terrorism and disease outbreaks, on airline stock markets in Korea.
Ji-Hong Jeon
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Why do some Korean parents hesitate to vaccinate their children? [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2019 OBJECTIVES Vaccinations for infectious diseases are opposed despite their achievement, and this opposition has recently been revealed in Korea. However, research in Korea has not been vigorous.
Kyujin Chang, Soon Young Lee
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Contemporary use of lipid-lowering therapy for secondary prevention in Korean patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2020 Background/Aims We evaluated the contemporary use of lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) in Korean patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), and identified factors associated with statin non-prescription.
Su-Yeon Choi +4 more
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The Strategic Value of Africa as the New Market and Korea’s Economic Cooperation with Africa
Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, 2018 Africa is rising as the new market in the 21st century. Before the 2000s Africa was regarded as a “continent of crisis” plastered with poverty and war.
Y. Park, Y. Kim
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Development Studies Research, 2021 The multi-bi aid from donor governments has been increasing due to its unique attributes. It allows the donors to control their aid spending and potentially influence the multilateral activities.
Hyejin Lee
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First reliable record of Liparis punctulatus (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) in Korea
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2021 A single specimen of Liparis punctulatus (30.9 mm standard length) belonging to the family Liparidae, was collected in the waters off Busan on 4 August, 2016.
Gyeong Hyun Park, Jin-Koo Kim
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Current Status of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Korea
Gut and Liver, 2011 Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging pathogen associated with acute viral hepatitis, and HEV is becoming increasingly recognized. Approximately 2% of acute viral hepatitis is caused by HEV, and 18 cases of hepatitis E have been reported in Korea.
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