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The prevalence of low back pain among female hospital staff at childbearing age

Fadi Hadidi, Isam Bsisu, Bassem I. Haddad, Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, Mamoun Shaban, Nada Y. S. Matani, Sondos Dehidi, Yasmeen Khater, Rana Shahrouri, Tasnim Al Muzayen,

PeerJ · 2020 · 11 citations · 35 references

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Abstract

LBP is common among female hospital workers, with significantly higher prevalence among female nurses when compared to other female hospital staff.

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