Jewish identity and self-reported health

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 349-367

  Eberstein, Isaac W ^a   Heyman, Kathleen M ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Health Interview Statistics   (Japan)

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