Occupational back pain of nurses: Special problems and prevention
β Scribed by P. Harber; E. Billet; S. Shimozaki; M. Vojtecky
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 498 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-6870
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