The relationship between religious coping style and anxiety over breast cancer in African American women

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 411-422

  Bowie, Janice ^a   Curbow, Barbara ^a   Laveist, Thomas ^a   Fitzgerald, Sheila ^b   Pargament, Kenneth ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Breast cancer; Early detection; Mammography screening; Minority; Religiosity; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039302075     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012873017657     Document Type: Article

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