The adaptive function of mood change

British Journal of Medical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 465-477

  Price, John ^a  

^a Qdintune   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; STRESS;

EID: 17944371073     PISSN: 00071129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1998.tb01003.x     Document Type: Article

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