Quality of partner relationship and emotional responses to a health threat

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 373-386

  Gale, L ^a   Bennett, P D ^b   Tallon, D ^a   Brooks, E ^a   Munnoch, K ^a   Schreiber Kounine, C ^a   Fowler, C ^a   Sammon, A ^a   Rayter, Z ^a   Farndon, J ^a   Vedhara, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040156275     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500126534     Document Type: Article

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