Ramadan fasting - Effect on healthy Muslims

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-18

  Toda, Masahiro ^a   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health; Islam; Lifestyle; Ramadan; Religious fasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442354281     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2004.32.1.13     Document Type: Review

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