Panel analyses of religious involvement and well-being in African Americans: Contemporaneous vs. longitudinal effects

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 695-709

  Levin, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Michigan ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0000434331     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1388151     Document Type: Review

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