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Social class and mortality: on the importance of psychosocial factors

Hugo KestelootDepartment of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Capucijnenvoer 35, 3000Leuven, Belgium.Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 1-4 | Received 12 Aug 2003, Accepted 21 Aug 2003, Published online: 23 May 2017

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