Is frequent religious attendance really conducive to better health?: Toward an epidemiology of religion

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1987, Pages 589-600

  Levin, Jeffrey S ^a   Vanderpool, Harold Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; measurement; methodology; religion

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 0023222618     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(87)90063-3     Document Type: Article

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