An integrative approach to Quality of Life measurement, research, and policy

Sapiens

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-21

  Costanza, Robert ^a   Fisher, Brendan ^a   Ali, Saleem ^a   Beer, Caroline ^a   Bond, Lynne ^a   Boumans, Roelof ^a   Danigelis, Nicholas L ^a   Dickinson, Jennifer ^a   Elliott, Carolyn ^a   Farley, Joshua ^a   Gayer, Diane Elliott ^a   Glenn, Linda MacDonald ^a   Hudspeth, Thomas R ^a   Mahoney, Dennis F ^a   McCahill, Laurence ^a   McIntosh, Barbara ^a   Reed, Brian ^a   Abu Turab Rizvi, S ^a   Rizzo, Donna M ^b   Simpatico, Thomas ^a   Snapp, Robert ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

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EID: 79953813604     PISSN: 19933800     EISSN: 19933819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/sapiens-1-11-2008     Document Type: Article

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