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Workplace Bullying and Sickness Absence in Hospital Staff Author(s): Mika Kivimäki, Marko Elovainio, Jussi Vahtera Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 57, No. 10 (Oct., 2000), pp. 656-660 Published by: BMJ Publishing Group Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27731390 Accessed: 02/12/2010 01:15

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Occup Environ Med

2000;57:656-660

Workplace

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and sickness

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hospital staff

Mika Kivim?ki, Marko Elovainio, Jussi Vahtera

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