Back pain, dysphoric versus euphoric moods and the experience of stress and effort in female hospital staff

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 565-573

  Bru, Edvin ^a   Svebak, Sven ^b   Mykletun, Reidar J ^a   Gitlesen, Jens Petter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031120086     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00227-9     Document Type: Article

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