Dental hygienists work-related musculoskeletal symptoms and factor analysis

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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene

سال: 2012

ISSN: 2287-1705

DOI: 10.13065/jksdh.2012.12.4.685