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Altruism, happiness, and health: it’s good to be good
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Metadata
- Authors
- Post, S. G.
- Venue
- International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 2005-06
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 66-77
- ISSN
- 1070-5503 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7558
- OpenAlex
- W1974543466
- Cited by
- 755
- References
- 72
- FWCI
- 13.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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