Hand Grip Strength and Gender: Allometric Normalization in Older Adults and Implications for the NIOSH Lifting Equation
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Hand Grip Strength and Gender: Allometric Normalization in Older Adults and Implications for the NIOSH Lifting Equation
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2234-8549,2288-1557
DOI: 10.15280/jlm.2017.7.2.63