Religious belief and practice in attitudes toward individuals with body piercing

Psychological Reports

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 583-586

  Koch, Jerome R ^a,c   Roberts, Alden E ^a   Armstrong, Myrna L ^b   Owen, Donna C ^b  

^a Anthropol/Social W ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10844269573     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.95.2.583-586     Document Type: Review

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