Opposing trends of religious attendance and religiosity in predicting elders' functional recovery after an acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 440-451

  Martin, Kathryn Remmes ^b   Levy, Becca R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Recovery and AMI; Religiosity; Religious Attendance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747678004     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-006-9037-6     Document Type: Review

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