Toward an index of well-being for the fifty U.S. states

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 160-168

  Pesta, Bryan J ^a   McDaniel, Michael A ^b   Bertsch, Sharon ^c  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

g nexus; Intelligence; U.S. states; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049114964     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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