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  1. Ioannis Polychronakis
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  1. Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Medical Statistics School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 M. Asias Street, Goudi, Athens 115 27

    Athena Linos

  2. Research Association Public Health Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus Technische Universität Dresden, Fiedlerstr. 27, 0/307 Dresden, Germany

    Wilhelm Kirch

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Polychronakis, I., Chatzis, C., Kotsioni, I., Riza, E., Brand, T., Linos, A. (2008). The Legal Context for Workplace Safety and Health Promotion: Thinking of Women. In: Linos, A., Kirch, W. (eds) Promoting Health for Working Women. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73038-7_2

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