The relation between health locus of control and multimorbidity: A case-control study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1189-1197

  Van Der Linden, Mario ^a   Van Den Akker, Marjan ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case control study; Health locus of control; Multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005506375     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00102-1     Document Type: Article

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