Inter-Rater Reliability of the New Observational Method for Assessing an Exposure to Risk Factors Related to Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDS)

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Issue		MATEC Web Conf. Volume 135, 2017 8^th International Conference on Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 2017 (ICME’17)


Article Number		00024
Number of page(s)		8
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201713500024
Published online		20 November 2017

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