Sickness absence from back pain, psychosocial work characteristics and employment grade among office workers.

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Published in Scand J Work Environ Health on April 01, 1997

Authors

H Hemingway1, M J Shipley, S Stansfeld, M Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority, London, United Kingdom.

Associated clinical trials:

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

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