Time-related aspects of the healthy worker survivor effect
β Scribed by David Richardson; Steve Wing; Kyle Steenland; Wendy McKelvey
- Book ID
- 116224514
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1047-2797
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