Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries in Firefighters in Cape Town, South Africa – A Cross-sectional Study

Keywords

Cape, Cross-sectional study, Work (physics), Occupational safety and health, Medicine

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