Polarization in abortion attitudes in U.S. religious traditions, 1972-1998

Sociological Forum

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 397-422

  Evans, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Polarization; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141800029     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019627006778     Document Type: Article

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