Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP): Study design and research methods

American Heart Journal

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 577-584

  Dusek, Jeffery A ^a   Sherwood, Jane B ^a   Friedman, Richard ^a   Myers, Patricia ^a   Bethea, Charles F ^b   Levitsky, Sidney ^c   Hill, Peter C ^d   Jain, Manoj K ^e   Kopecky, Stephen L ^f   Mueller, Paul S ^f   Lam, Peter ^a   Benson, Herbert ^a   Hibberd, Patricia L ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Baptist Medical Hospital   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SAFETY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036235395     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.122172     Document Type: Article

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