Well-being and sustainability of daily routines: Families with children with disabilities in the United States

Pursuits of Happiness: Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 228-247

  Weisner, Thomas S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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