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KMID : 0857920170200020065
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Yonsei Journal of Medical History
2017 Volume.20 No. 2 p.65 ~ p.87
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History of Epidemics in North Korea, 1945-2000
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Kim Jin-Hyouk
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Abstract
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This study aims at understanding the history of epidemics in North Korea. North Korea has emphasized the preventive medicine from the time of founding its state, and the preventive medicine has worked as one of the important cores of social management. The research on the occurrence of epidemics and its countermeasures in North Korea needs to comprehend the difference of counter measures of epidemics between South and North Korea and characteristics of North Korea. This paper explained the preventive measures and the health-hygiene activities of North Korea in four periods divided by the historical points from 1945 to 2000, using the document of North Korea and the organizations in the United State America. It make to understand the measurement of epidemics and the change of management of North Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Democratic People`s Republic of Korea, North Korea, Epidemics, Cholera, Preventive Measures, Biological Warfare, Distoma, World Health Organization, Arduous March, Malaria
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