The purported benefits of marriage viewed through the lens of physical health

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 116-121

  Rook, Karen S ^a   Zettel, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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