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Chang-Jin Ma1 \* and Gong-Unn Kang2

1 Department of Environmental Science, Fukuoka Women's University, Fukuoka, Japan

2 Department of Medical Administration, Wonkwang Health Science University, Iksan, Korea

\*Address all correspondence to: ma@fwu.ac.jp

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