Work, retirement and physical activity: cross-sectional analyses from the Whitehall II study.

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Published in Eur J Public Health on June 07, 2005

Authors

Gill K Mein1, Martin J Shipley, Melvyn Hillsdon, George T H Ellison, Michael G Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, London, UK. g.mein@ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

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

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