Modern health worries and personality

Personality and Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-254

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Strait, Luciana ^a   Hughes, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84865285062     PISSN: 19328621     EISSN: 1932863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmh.1187     Document Type: Article

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