Happiness and health: An approximation to well-being in the Rio de la Plata;Felicidad y salud: Una aproximación al bienestar en el Rio de la Plata

Estudios de Economia

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-78

  Gerstenbluth, Mariana ^a   Rossi, Máximo ^a   Triunfo, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Happiness; Health status; Matching method

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149097237     PISSN: 03042758     EISSN: 07185286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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