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  1. Univ. Klinik für Physikalische Medicine & Rehabilitation AKH Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria

    V. Fialka-Moser Ph. D (Professor and Chairman of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

  2. Universitätsklinik für Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Austria

    M. Herceg MD & E. Hartter (Pr)

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Fialka-Moser, V., Herceg, M., Hartter, E. (2006). Vocational rehabilitation and low back pain. In: Vocational Rehabilitation. Collection de L’Académie Européenne de Médecine de Réadaptation. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/2-287-29745-6_8

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