Does religious observance promote health? Mortality in secular vs religious Kibbutzim in Israel

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-346

  Kark, Jeremy D ^a,d   Shemi, Galia ^c   Friedlander, Yechiel ^a   Martin, Oz ^a   Manor, Orly ^a   Blondheim, S H ^b  

^a Department of Social Medicine ^*

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Kibbutz Yizre l   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029867947     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.3.341     Document Type: Article

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