The epidemic of stress

Occupational Health and Safety: International Influences and the "New" Epidemics

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 117-138

  Peterson, Chris L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315224015-7     Document Type: Chapter

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