Religious involvement and health outcomes among older persons in Taiwan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2228-2241

  Yeager, D M ^b   Glei, Dana A ^a   Au, Melanie ^c   Lin, Hui Sheng ^d   Sloan, Richard P ^e   Weinstein, Maxine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Biological markers; Health; Mortality; Religion; Religiosity; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

BIOMARKER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; MORTALITY; RELIGION; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33747788322     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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