Friendship ties in the church and depressive symptoms: Exploring variations by age

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-340

  Krause, Neal ^a   Wulff, Keith M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Presbyterian Church ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33745951450     PISSN: 0034673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3512164     Document Type: Article

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