Attendance at religious services, health, and the lessons of trinity

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 493-494

  Sloan, Richard P ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELIGION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34547618230     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31812f79da     Document Type: Editorial

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