Work characteristics predict psychiatric disorder: prospective results from the Whitehall II Study.

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Published in Occup Environ Med on May 01, 1999

Authors

S A Stansfeld1, R Fuhrer, M J Shipley, M G Marmot

Author Affiliations

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

Associated clinical trials:

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

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