Happiness and Personal Growth are Attainable in Interferon-Beta-1a Treated Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 887-895

  Barak, Yoram ^a   Achiron, Anat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Happiness; Interferon beta 1a; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052833626     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-010-9234-6     Document Type: Article

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