Association of self-reported religiosity and mortality in industrial employees: The CORDIS study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 595-602

  Kraut, Allen ^a   Melamed, Samuel ^b,c   Gofer, Daphna ^b   Froom, Paul ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute Israel   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blue collar; Employees; Industrial; Mortality; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RELIGION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0344495485     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00282-X     Document Type: Article

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