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. 2005 May;59(5):377–379. doi: 10.1136/jech.2004.031526

Work related and non-work related stress in relation to low leisure time physical activity in a Swedish population

K M Wemme 1, M Rosvall 1
PMCID: PMC1733076  PMID: 15831685

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