A Communitywide Intervention to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Disability among Injured Workers in Washington State
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عنوان ژورنال: The Milbank Quarterly
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0887-378X,1468-0009
DOI: 10.1111/j.0887-378x.2004.00321.x