Obesity and the workplace

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 220-222

  Borak, Jonathan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 79957803847     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr030     Document Type: Editorial

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