A state level investigation of the associations among intellectual capital, religiosity and reproductive health

Intelligence

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-73

  Reeve, Charlie L ^a   Basalik, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

G nexus; Religiosity; Reproductive health; State health; State IQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651346033     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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