Everything should be as simple as possible, but this will still be complex: a reply to various commentaries on IPEBA

Health Psychology Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-41

  de Bruin, Marijn ^a,b   Crutzen, Rik ^c   Peters, Gjalt Jorn Ygram ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84928581982     PISSN: 17437199     EISSN: 17437202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2014.981833     Document Type: Note

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