Statement of Retraction

This article refers to:

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal symptoms among dental students and dental practitioners in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia

We, the Editor and Publisher of Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health have retracted the following article:

Zaina Al-Shehri & Mustafa Al Zoughool. “Prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal symptoms among dental students and dental practitioners in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia,” Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, Volume 73, 2018, Issue 1, pages 56–63. 10.1080/19338244.2017.1299085

We are now cognizant of the fact that the above article has substantial text-matching with the following article, which was not referenced:

Zaina Al-Shehri & Mustafa Al Zoughool. “Self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms among dentists in Saudi Arabia,” Industrial Health, Volume 55, 2017, Issue 4, pages 338–344.

It is therefore not deemed to be an original contribution.

We note the breach of warranties made by the authors with respect to originality and provenance, and of our policy on publishing ethics and integrity. We note that we received, peer-reviewed, accepted, and published the article in good faith based on these warranties, and censure this action.

We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.