Stress in farm entrepreneurs

Handbook of Stress in the Occupations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 385-406

  Kallioniemi, Marja K ^a,d   Simola, Ahti ^b   Kinnunen, Birgitta ^c   Kymäl̈inen, Hanna Riitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d Agrifood Research Finland (MTT)   (Finland)

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EID: 84880292538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857931153.00050     Document Type: Chapter

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