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Validation of the Croatian Version of Work Ability Index (WAI) in Population of Nurses on Transformed Item-Specific Scores

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|Apr 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2020-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 57 - 64
Submitted on: Jul 19, 2019
Accepted on: Dec 18, 2019
Published on: Apr 6, 2020
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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