Public Health
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A comparative study of behavioural, physical and mental health status between term-limited and tenure-tracking employees in a population of Japanese male researchers

  • M. Nakao

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  • E. Yano

Received 19 July 2004 ,Revised 4 March 2005 ,Accepted 13 October 2005.

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PII: S0033-3506(05)00268-4

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.10.012

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 4 , Pages 373-379 , April 2006

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