Personality Measurement and Assessment in Large Panel Surveys

Forum for Health Economics and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Roberts, Brent ^a   Jackson, Joshua J ^a   Duckworth, Angela L ^b   Von Culin, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health and Retirement Study

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EID: 84867127836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15589544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1558-9544.1268     Document Type: Article

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