Religion and health: Public health research and practice

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue , 2000, Pages 335-367

  Chatters, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Religious involvement; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH;

EID: 0033912857     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.21.1.335     Document Type: Article

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