Church-Based Social Support, Functional Disability, and Change in Personal Control over Time

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 267-278

  Krause, Neal ^a   David Hayward, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Church based support; Functional disability; Personal control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875496216     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-013-9707-0     Document Type: Article

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