Guest editorial: Stress and health: A positive direction

Stress and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-75

  Nelson, Debra ^a   Cooper, Cary L ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONALITY; FRIENDSHIP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; HUMAN RELATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEISURE; LITERATURE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 17844382924     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1053     Document Type: Editorial

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