Religious attendance and mortality: Implications for the black-white mortality crossover

Demography

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-164

  Dupre, Matthew E ^a   Franzese, Alexis T ^b   Parrado, Emilio A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646766106     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2006.0004     Document Type: Article

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