Systematic review of clinical trials examining the effects of religion on health

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1429-1434

  Townsend, Mark ^a   Kladder, Virginia ^a   Ayele, Hana ^a,b   Mulligan, Thomas ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEPRESSION; ETHICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LITERATURE; MEASUREMENT; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; MOSLEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; RELIGION; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

EID: 0036991723     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200212000-00015     Document Type: Review

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