Prayer and health outcomes in Church members

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 56-60

  Meisenhelder, Janice Bell ^b   Chandler, Emily N ^a  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; RELIGION; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0033933899     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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