Cause and effect: Optimizing the designs of longitudinal studies in occupational health psychology

Work and Stress

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Taris, Toon W ^a   Kompier, Michiel A J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84894306958     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2014.878494     Document Type: Editorial

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