Religion and Health: Making Sense of a Disheveled Literature

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-35

  Krause, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Need satisfaction; Religion; Theory construction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RELIGION;

EID: 79952039242     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-010-9373-4     Document Type: Article

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