Musculoskeletal pain and smoking in Norway

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 166-169

  Brage, Sören ^a   Bjerkedal, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NECK; NORWAY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0029917095     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.2.166     Document Type: Article

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