Current Status of Sickness Absences and Early Leaves from Work among Workers with Work-related Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Each Body Part, and Relevant Factors
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Lee, Dong-Hoon
(Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital)
Park, Shin-Goo (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) Leem, Jong-Han (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) Kim, Hwan-Cheol (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) Kim, Dong-Hyun (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) Kim, Jeong-Hoon (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) Lee, Seung-Jun (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) Kim, Gee-Woong (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) |
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