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Original Research

The Prevalence of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disease Among Pediatric Ophthalmologists

Samiksha Fouzdar Jain1 Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus, Children’s Hospital, and Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA;2 College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Sidra Akhter3 Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
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Rhys Ishihara3 Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
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Safeer Siddicky4 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1320-3950
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Robin High2 College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Donny W Suh3 Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA;4 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0348-2060
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Pages 833-840 | Published online: 18 Mar 2022

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