Faith and health self-management of rural older adults

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-74

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   McDonald, Juliana ^a   Bell, Ronny A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health beliefs; Health self management; Religion; Rural aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003458362     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006741625617     Document Type: Article

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