Validity of Workers’ Self-Reports. Evaluation of a Question Assessing Lifetime Exposure to Occupational Physical Activity
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2231-0614
DOI: 10.9734/bjmmr/2012/1607