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. 1999 Dec 4;319(7223):1469-70.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7223.1469.

Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality and importance of perceived control: cohort study

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Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality and importance of perceived control: cohort study

H Bosma et al. BMJ. .
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