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This work was supported by a grant from the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC grant #375196).

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  1. McCaughey Centre: VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health & Community Wellbeing, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, VIC, Australia

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LaMontagne, A. Commentary: Precarious employment: Adding a health inequalities perspective. J Public Health Pol 31, 312–317 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1057/jphp.2010.25

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