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“How could I even think of a job?” - Ambiguities in working life in a group of female patients with undefined musculoskeletal pain

Eva E Johansson Department of Family Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden
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Katarina Hamberg Department of Family Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden
,
Gerd Lindgren Department of Sociology, Umeå University, Sweden
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GÖRan Westman Department of Family Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden
Pages 169-174 | Received 01 Dec 1995, Accepted 01 Dec 1996, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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