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Persistence of musculoskeletal symptoms: a longitudinal study

MATS BERG Hamn- och rederihälsan i Gōteborg AB, Andréegatan 9, Göteborg, S-413 27, Sweden
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Å KE SANDÉN Götavorken, Företagshalsovård AB, Box 8713, Goteborg, S-402 75, Sweden
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GUNNAR TORELL Göteborgshālsan, Carlandersplatsen, Goteborg, S-412 55, Sweden
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BENGT JÄRVHOLM Department of Occupational Medicine, Sahlgren Hospital, St. Sigfridsg 85, Goteborg, S-412 66, Sweden
Pages 1281-1285 | Received 14 Nov 1987, Accepted 10 Jan 1988, Published online: 30 May 2007

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