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Nail Gun Injuries Among Construction Workers

John M. Dement Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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Hester Lipscomb Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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Leiming Li Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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Carol Epling Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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Tejas Desai School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Pages 374-383 | Published online: 30 Nov 2010

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