Epidemiology of occupational injury among cleaners in the healthcare sector
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Epidemiology of occupational injury among cleaners in the healthcare sector.
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0962-7480,1471-8405
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn028