Back pain and work disability: The need for a new paradigm

Industrial Relations

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-34

  Johnson, William G ^a   Baldwin, Marjorie L ^b   Butler, Richard J ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0002164867     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0019-8676.691998032     Document Type: Article

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