Health care and subjective well-being in nations

Research Companion to Organizational Health Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 393-412

  Kirkcaldy, Bruce ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^b   Veenhoven, Ruut ^c,d  

^a International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 42549092446     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845423308.00035     Document Type: Chapter

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