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Relationship of Musculoskeletal Disorder Pain to Patterns of Clinical Care in California Dental Hygienists

Pamela Humann and Dorothy J. Rowe
American Dental Hygienists' Association October 2015, 89 (5) 305-312;
Pamela Humann
RDH, MS
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