Current issues in case definitions for common musculoskeletal disorders in workers for clinical practice and research

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-93

  Hagberg, M ^a,c   Violante, F S ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Work related musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 34247535362     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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