Published in Am J Public Health on April 01, 2005
Whitehall II - Social and Occupational Influences On Health and Illness | NCT00005680
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Unfairness and the social gradient of metabolic syndrome in the Whitehall II Study. J Psychosom Res (2007) 1.80
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Change in sleep duration and cognitive function: findings from the Whitehall II Study. Sleep (2011) 1.68
Education and mortality: the role of intelligence. Lancet (2005) 1.67
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