Emotional climates: Ritual, seasonality and affective disorders

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 583-602

  Harrison, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 28444478365     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2004.00203.x     Document Type: Review

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