Religion and spirituality in quality of life studies

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-116

  Peterson, Mark ^a   Webb, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

QOL; Quality of life; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746171657     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-006-9006-y     Document Type: Article

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