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Sound of well-being – choir singing as an intervention to improve well-being among employees in two Norwegian county hospitals

Jonas Vaag Department of Psychiatry, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust, DPS Stjørdal, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Per Øystein Saksvik Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Töres Theorell Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Trond Skillingstad Department of Communication and Interaction, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust, Namsos, Norway
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Ottar Bjerkeset Department of Research and Development, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust, Levanger, Norway; Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; Performing Arts Health Norway, Namsos, Norway
Pages 93-102 | Received 22 Jun 2012, Accepted 04 Sep 2012, Published online: 05 Oct 2012

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