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Risk Factors for Low Back Injury Among Farmers in Iowa: A Case-Control Study Nested in the Agricultural Health Study

Nancy Sprince The University of Iowa – Occupational & Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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Hyesook Park Ewha Womans University – Preventive Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Craig Zwerling The University of Iowa – Occupational & Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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Paul Whitten The University of Iowa – Occupational & Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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Charles Lynch The University of Iowa – Epidemiology, Iowa City, Iowa
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Leon Burmeister The University of Iowa – Biostatistics, Iowa City, Iowa
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Kendall Thu Northern Illinois University – Anthropology, Dekalb, Illinois
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Patricia Gillette The University of Iowa – Epidemiology, Iowa City, Iowa
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Michael Alavanja National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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Pages 10-16 | Published online: 07 Apr 2011

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