Rheumatism in dockers and civil servants. A comparison of heavy manual and sedentary workers.
Annals of the Rheumatic DiseasesPublished 1 November 1968Open access
R E Partridge, J. J. R. Duthie
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The Industrial Survey Unit of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council since 1961 has undertaken broad surveys of the prevalence and social and economic effects of rheumatic complaints among workers in several industries and occupations and two further groups of men have been studied.
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