Similarities between work related musculoskeletal disorders and slips, trips and falls
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Global Cooperation for Prevention of STFs (Slips, Trips and Falls)
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عنوان ژورنال: Ergonomics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0014-0139,1366-5847
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2015.1031191