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Factors promoting staying at work in people with chronic nonspecific musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review

Haitze J. de VriesDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Michiel F. RenemanDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Johan W. GroothoffDepartment of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Jan H.B. GeertzenDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Sandra BrouwerDepartment of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Pages 443-458 | Received 29 Nov 2010, Accepted 20 Jul 2011, Published online: 28 Oct 2011

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