RSI: A perspective from its birthplace

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-95

  Gun, R T ^a   Jezukaitis, P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW;

CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33749225721     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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