The association of health and functional status with private and public religious practice among rural, ethnically diverse, older adults with diabetes

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-253

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Stafford, Jeanette M ^a   Bell, Ronny A ^a   Golden, Shannon L ^a   Snively, Beverly M ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PROTESTANTISM; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34250176204     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2007.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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