Psychosocial work characteristics and social support as predictors of SF-36 health functioning: the Whitehall II study.

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Published in Psychosom Med on August 06, 1998

Authors

S A Stansfeld1, H Bosma, H Hemingway, M G Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Health and Society, 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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