Exploring the role of co-worker social support on health care utilization and sickness absence.

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Published in J Occup Environ Med on July 01, 2011

Authors

Sara L Tamers1, Shirley A A Beresford, Beti Thompson, Yingye Zheng, Allen D Cheadle

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. sara_tamers@dfci.harvard.edu

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