Abstract:
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journal_name
Am J Ind Medjournal_title
American journal of industrial medicineauthors
Weil R,Pinto K,Lincoln J,Hall-Arber M,Sorensen Jdoi
10.1002/ajim.22537subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-01-01 00:00:00pages
73-80issue
1eissn
0271-3586issn
1097-0274journal_volume
59pub_type
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