Bringing it all together: The salutogenic response to some of the most pertinent public health dilemmas

Health Assets in a Global Context: Theory, Methods, Action

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 339-351

  Eriksson, Monica ^a   Lindström, Bengt ^b  

^a FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^b Public Health and Health Promotion   (United States)

Author keywords

Antonovsky; Empowerment; Ottawa charter; Resource adjusted life year; Salutogenic theory; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952546172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5921-8_18     Document Type: Chapter

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