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Attributions, Stress, and Work-Related Low Back Pain

George Byrns Department of Health Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
,
Jacqueline Agnew Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
&
Barbara Curbow Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Pages 752-764 | Published online: 30 Nov 2010

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