The impact of socioeconomic status on health functioning as assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire: the Whitehall II Study.

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Published in Am J Public Health on September 01, 1997

Authors

H Hemingway1, A Nicholson, M Stafford, R Roberts, M Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, England.

Associated clinical trials:

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

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