Positive health: Connecting well-being with biology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1449, 2004, Pages 1383-1394

  Ryff, Carol D ^a   Singer, Burton H ^b   Love, Gayle Dienberg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Eudaimonic well being; Hedonic well being; Immune; Neuroendocrine; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SLEEP;

EID: 4644274248     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1521     Document Type: Conference Paper

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