Whitehall II and ELSA: Integrating epidemiological and psychobiological approaches to the assessment of biological indicators

Biosocial Surveys

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 42-59

  Marmot, Michael ^b   Steptoe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 85009318019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.17226/11939     Document Type: Chapter

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