If god is in control of my health, what should I do? The importance of religious, ethnic, and social culture: A comment on umezawa et al

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-4

  Masters, Kevin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; WOMEN;

EID: 84863984450     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9372-7     Document Type: Note

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