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Incidence of Acute Low-Back Injury Among Older Workers in a Cohort of Material Handlers

Corinne Peek-Asa The University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Injury Prevention Research Center, Iowa City, Iowa
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David L. McArthur UCLA Department of Epidemiology, Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, Los Angeles, California
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Jess F. Kraus UCLA Department of Epidemiology, Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, Los Angeles, California
Pages 551-557 | Published online: 17 Aug 2010

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