[Elementary school teachers and their quality of life]

Erico Felden Pereira1, Clarissa Stefani Teixeira1, Rubian D Andrade1

  • 1Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil, adair.lopes@ufsc.br.

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