Low back pain among primary school teachers in Rural Kenya: Prevalence and contributing factors
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2071-2936,2071-2928
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v11i1.1819