The relation of religious preference and practice to depressive symptoms among 1,855 older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages

  Kennedy, Gary J ^a,d   Kelman, Howard R ^a   Thomas, Cynthia ^a,b   Chen, Jiming ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REMISSION;

EID: 0029802239     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51B.6.P301     Document Type: Article

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