Acta Med. 2013, 56: 150-156

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2014.10

THE PREVALENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG DENTISTS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Zdeňka Šustováa, Lenka Hodačováb, Martin Kapitána

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic: Department of Dentistry
bCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic: Department of Social Medicine

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