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Manual material handling in the Tehran Grand Bazaar, a type of traditional heavy work with musculoskeletal effects

Mahdi Chinichiana Occupational Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Ramin Mehrdadb Center for Research on Occupational Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Gholamreza Pouryaghoubb Center for Research on Occupational Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 31-36 | Published online: 20 May 2020

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