Health and happiness

Nordic Social Attitudes in a European Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 48-64

  Eikemo, Terje Andreas ^a   Mastekaasa, Arne ^b   Ringdal, Kristen ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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