Workplace as an origin of health inequalities.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on July 01, 1999

Authors

J Vahtera1, P Virtanen, M Kivimäki, J Pentti

Author Affiliations

1: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland.

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