Culture in salutogenesis: The scholarship of Aaron Antonovsky

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 16-23

  Benz, Carina ^a,b   Bull, Torill ^b   Mittelmark, Maurice ^b   Vaandrager, Lenneke ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antonovsky; Culture; Health promotion; Salutogenesis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTORY; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84927728719     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975914528550     Document Type: Article

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