The effect of religious service attendance on race differences in depression: Findings from the EHDIC-SWB Study

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 510-518

  Reese, Ashanté M ^a   Thorpe, Roland J ^b   Bell, Caryn N ^b   Bowie, Janice V ^b   La Veist, Thomas A ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Race; Religious service attendance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863785466     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9659-1     Document Type: Article

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