Religious involvement and mortality risk among pre-retirement aged U.S. adults

Religion, Families, and Health: Population-Based Research in the United States

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 273-291

  Hummer, Robert A ^a   Benjamins, Maureen R ^b   Ellison, Christopher G ^a   Rogers, Richard G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Sinai Urban Health Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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