Smoking and musculoskeletal disorders: findings from a British national survey
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Smoking and musculoskeletal disorders: findings from a British national survey.
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.1.33