Gender and employment grade differences in blood cholesterol, apolipoproteins and haemostatic factors in the Whitehall II study.

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Published in Atherosclerosis on September 01, 1993

Authors

E J Brunner1, M G Marmot, I R White, J R O'Brien, M D Etherington, B M Slavin, E M Kearney, G D Smith

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Heath, University College London, UK.

Associated clinical trials:

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

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