Bilateral limb asymmetry may be caused by agricultural work

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 609-610

  Krishan, Kewal ^a   Sidhu, Malkiat C ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE GROWTH; LETTER; LIMB; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCLE GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; HUMANS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL;

EID: 50449097853     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.05.029     Document Type: Letter

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