Frequent attendance at religious services and mortality over 28 years

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 957-961

  Strawbridge, William J ^a,c   Cohen, Richard D ^a   Shema, Sarah J ^a   Kaplan, George A ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Human Population Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0030745966     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.6.957     Document Type: Article

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