Age-Related Injuries among Male and Female Assembly Workers: A Study in the Swedish Automobile Industry

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 608-618

  Laflamme, Lucie ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

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EID: 0642363095     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/051188ar     Document Type: Article

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