Clinical practices in the management of new-onset, uncomplicated, low back workers' compensation disability claims.

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Published in J Occup Environ Med on May 01, 1999

Authors

J A Tacci1, B S Webster, L Hashemi, D C Christiani

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass., USA.

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