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The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 169365, 4 pages
Population-Based Study of the Association between Urbanization and Kawasaki Disease in Taiwan
1Department of Healthcare Management, Yuanpei University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
2Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
3Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
4Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University-Wanfang Hospital, Taipei 110, Taiwan
5Institute of Master Program for Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
6Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
7Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
Received 16 April 2013; Accepted 2 June 2013
Academic Editors: D. Caselli, L. Genitori, and F. Kneepkens
Copyright © 2013 Wei-Pin Chang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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