The prevalence of sense of humor in a large, unselected county population in Norway: Relations with age, sex, and some health indicators

Humor

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 121-134

  Svebak, Sven ^a   Martin, Rod A ^a   Holmen, Jostein ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Blood pressure; Health; Sense of humor; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842632468     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.2004.001     Document Type: Article

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