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Reflections on Twenty-Five Years of Quality-of-Life Research

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This paper presents a brief overview mainly of the author’s contributions to quality-of-life research over the past 25 years.

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Michalos, A.C. (2003). Reflections on Twenty-Five Years of Quality-of-Life Research. In: Essays on the Quality of Life. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0389-5_1

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