Kim, Jeeyoung
Lee, Eun Ju
Song, Ha Eun
Lee, Hyo Yeong
Rhee, Chin Kook
Kim, Sun-Young
Yoo, Hyun Ju
Kim, Woo Jin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education (RS-2025-25434262)
Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (RS-2021-KE001380)
Article History
Received: 7 July 2025
Accepted: 18 December 2025
First Online: 23 December 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the Kangwon National University Hospital IRB (Approval No. KNUH-2012-06-007-069, Clinical trial number: not applicable). All procedures were conducted in accordance with the Institutional Review Board of Kangwon National University.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: All authors agree to this publication.