Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 24-30 , January 2004

Prospective study of job insecurity and coronary heart disease in US women

  • Sunmin Lee, ScD
    • ,
  • Graham A Colditz, MD, DrPH
    • ,
  • Lisa F Berkman, PhD
    • ,
  • Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Ichiro Kawachi, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Tel.: (617) 432-0237; Fax: (617) 432-3123.

Received 20 November 2002 ,Accepted 14 March 2003.

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PII: S1047-2797(03)00074-7

doi: 10.1016/S1047-2797(03)00074-7

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 24-30 , January 2004

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