Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Neglected Group at Public Health and Epidemiology Meetings?

Affiliations

¹ Anthony V. Perruccio, Calvin Yip, Elizabeth M. Badley, and J. Denise Power are with Healthcare & Outcomes Research and The Arthritis Program, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Anthony V. Perruccio and Elizabeth M. Badley are also with Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

Anthony V Perruccio et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;107(10):1584-1585.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303990.

¹ Anthony V. Perruccio, Calvin Yip, Elizabeth M. Badley, and J. Denise Power are with Healthcare & Outcomes Research and The Arthritis Program, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Anthony V. Perruccio and Elizabeth M. Badley are also with Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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