Environmental Stress

Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology, Three-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 815-824

  Evans, Gary W ^a   Cohen, Sheldon ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011326748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-657410-3/00704-2     Document Type: Chapter

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