Racial/ethnic differences in religious involvement in a multi-ethnic cohort of midlife women

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-132

  Fitchett, George ^a   Murphy, Patricia E ^a   Kravitz, Howard M ^a   Everson Rose, Susan A ^a   Krause, Neal M ^b   Powell, Lynda H ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33947216626     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2007.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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