Work and its role in shaping the social gradient in health.

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Published in Ann N Y Acad Sci on February 01, 2010

Authors

Jane E Clougherty1, Kerry Souza, Mark R Cullen

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1: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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