Interventions to Reduce Job Stress and Improve Work Organization and Worker Health

Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 193-209

  Landsbergis, Paul A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315223421-14     Document Type: Chapter

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