Health inequalities among British civil servants: the Whitehall II study

@article{Marmot1991HealthIA,
  title={Health inequalities among British civil servants: the Whitehall II study},
  author={Michael Marmot and Stephen A Stansfeld and Chandra Patel and Fiona M. North and Jenny Head and I R White and Eric J. Brunner and A. Feeney and G.D. Smith},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={1991},
  volume={337},
  pages={1387-1393}
}
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