D6-1 Association of Individual Risk Factors to Body Discomfort of Filipino Small Scale Gold Miners
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Ergonomics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0549-4974,1884-2844
DOI: 10.5100/jje.53.s572