Stress, long hours and low morale threaten to scar the activities and careers of US life-sciences researchers, argue Warren Holleman and Ellen R. Gritz.
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Holleman, W., Gritz, E. Biomedical burnout. Nature 500, 613–614 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7464-613a
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