'Positive biology' as a new paradigm for the medical sciences. Focusing on people who live long, happy, healthy lives might hold the key to improving human well-being

EMBO Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 186-188

  Farrelly, Colin ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING;

BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HAPPINESS; HEALTH; HUMANS;

EID: 84857791337     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2011.256     Document Type: Article

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