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Susanne C Tonnon1, Rozan van der Veen, Marjan J Westerman

  • 1Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center (Ms Tonnon, Ms van der Veen, Dr van der Ploeg, Dr van der Beek, Dr Proper); Department of Methodology and Statistics, EMGO+ Institute of Health and Care Research, VU University Amsterdam (Dr Westerman); Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam (Dr Robroek); Body@Work, TNO-VUmc (Dr van der Beek, Dr Proper), Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam; and National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, Bilthoven (Dr Proper), the Netherlands.

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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