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Feeling the pressure: work stress and mental health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2007

ABRAHAM REICHENBERG  and
JAMES H. MacCABE
ABRAHAM REICHENBERG*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
JAMES H. MacCABE
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
*
*Address for correspondence: Dr A. Reichenberg, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK. (Email: avi.reichenberg@iop.kcl.ac.uk)
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 37 , Issue 8 , August 2007 , pp. 1073 - 1074
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