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. 2022 Aug 1;163(8):1425-1431.
doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002548. Epub 2021 Nov 29.

System-level efforts to address pain-related workplace challenges

Chris J Main  1 , William S Shaw  2 , Michael K Nicholas  3 , Steven J Linton  4
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System-level efforts to address pain-related workplace challenges

Chris J Main et al. Pain. .
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Systems affecting work disability prevention efforts for patients with pain (reprinted with permission from Loisel et al.). WCB, Workers’ Compensation Board.
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