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spellingShingle Tsutsumi, Akizumi, Shimazu, Akihito, Eguchi, Hisashi, Inoue, Akiomi, Kawakami, Norito, Journal of Occupational Health, A Japanese Stress Check Program screening tool predicts employee long‐term sickness absence: a prospective study, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
title A Japanese Stress Check Program screening tool predicts employee long‐term sickness absence: a prospective study
title_full A Japanese Stress Check Program screening tool predicts employee long‐term sickness absence: a prospective study
title_fullStr A Japanese Stress Check Program screening tool predicts employee long‐term sickness absence: a prospective study
title_full_unstemmed A Japanese Stress Check Program screening tool predicts employee long‐term sickness absence: a prospective study
title_short A Japanese Stress Check Program screening tool predicts employee long‐term sickness absence: a prospective study
title_sort a japanese stress check program screening tool predicts employee long‐term sickness absence: a prospective study
title_unstemmed A Japanese Stress Check Program screening tool predicts employee long‐term sickness absence: a prospective study
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