Relative contribution of early life and adult socioeconomic factors to adult morbidity in the Whitehall II study.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on May 01, 2001

Authors

M Marmot1, M Shipley, E Brunner, H Hemingway

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK. M.Marmot@ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

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

Clinician Burnout and Social Determinants | NCT04070456

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