Positive psychology and public health

Positive Psychology as Social Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 109-122

  Guomundsdóttir, Dora Guorún ^a  

^a Public Health Institute of Iceland   (Iceland)

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EID: 84862228233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9938-9_7     Document Type: Chapter

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