Occupational health in physiotherapy: General health and reproductive outcomes
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Occupational health in physiotherapy: general health and reproductive outcomes.
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0004-9514
DOI: 10.1016/s0004-9514(14)60168-9