The costs of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in automotive manufacturing

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Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 403-426

  Punnett, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 0007580010     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/Y93Q-DEAQ-FEU2-8B26     Document Type: Article

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