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Sickness absence as a global measure of health: evidence from mortality in the Whitehall II prospective cohort study

BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7411.364 (Published 14 August 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:364

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