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Prevalence Rate of Musculoskeletal Discomforts Based on Severity Level Among Office Workers

Acta Medica Bulgarica
Volume 43 (2016): Issue 1 (March 2016)
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Open Access
|Apr 2016
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/amb-2016-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2719-5384 (formerly 0324-1750) | Journal ISSN: 0324-1750
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Language: English
Page range: 54 - 63
Published on: Apr 20, 2016
Published by: Medical University - Sofia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
prevalence,
musculoskeletal discomforts,
office workers,
Cornell questionnaire
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other

© 2016 A. Shariat, Sh. Bahri Mohd Tamrin, M. Arumugam, M. Danaee, R. Ramasamy, published by Medical University - Sofia
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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