The Impact of Culture on the Individual Subjective Well-Being of the Italian Population: An Exploratory Study

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-410

  Grossi, Enzo ^a   Sacco, Pier Luigi ^b   Blessi, Giorgio Tavano ^b,c   Cerutti, Renata ^a  

^a Bracco SpA   (Italy)

^b IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural access; Cultural and health policies; PGWBI; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255134500     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-010-9135-1     Document Type: Article

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