Whole-body vibration and musculoskeletal diseases in professional truck drivers
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Whole Body Vibration Exposures in Long-haul Truck Drivers
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عنوان ژورنال: Fisioterapia em Movimento
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0103-5150
DOI: 10.1590/0103-5150.029.001.ar01