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Swedish lifestyle stops women working

10-10-2007 · EurekAlert!

Elements of work and family life, especially traditional family circumstances and inequality in the workplace, are associated with long-term sick leave taken by Swedish women, reveals research published in the online open access journal BMC Public Health.

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