'Does religion cause health?': Differing interpretations and diverse meanings

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 365-380

  Oman, Doug ^a   Thoresen, Carl E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Prayer; Psychoneuroimmunology; Religion; Social support; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036324036     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105302007004326     Document Type: Review

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