Sickness absence for psychiatric illness: the Whitehall II Study.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on January 01, 1995

Authors

S Stansfeld1, A Feeney, J Head, R Canner, F North, M Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, University College London Medical School, England.

Associated clinical trials:

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

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