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Shiftwork, stress, and psychosomatic complaints: a comparison between workers in different shiftwork schedules, non-shiftworkers, and former shiftworkers

MICHAEL FRESE Department of Psychology, University of Munich, Leopaldstrasse 13, 8000 Muenchen 40, F.R. Germany
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NORBERT SEMMER Federal Health Office, Institute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Werner-Voss-Damm 62, 1000 Berlin 42, F R. Germany
Pages 99-114 | Received 30 Aug 1983, Accepted 04 Feb 1985, Published online: 06 Jul 2010

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