Psychosocial work environment and sickness absence among British civil servants: the Whitehall II study.

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Published in Am J Public Health on March 01, 1996

Authors

F M North1, S L Syme, A Feeney, M Shipley, M Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Associated clinical trials:

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

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