Gender, social relations and mental health: prospective findings from an occupational cohort (Whitehall II study).

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Published in Soc Sci Med on January 01, 1999

Authors

R Fuhrer1, S A Stansfeld, J Chemali, M J Shipley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK. r.fuhrer@public-health.ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Whitehall II - Social and Occupational Influences On Health and Illness | NCT00005680

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