The social context of health

Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 501-518

  Bennett, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental interventions; Socio economic status and health; Stress, strain and depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948065954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470013389.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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