Psychological impact of the Antarctic winter on Indian expeditioners

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-127

  Bhargava, R ^a   Mukerji, S ^b   Sachdeva, U ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c Dept Physiol All India Inst M ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARD; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034055462     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00139160021972450     Document Type: Article

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