Future directions in population-based research on religion, family life, and health in the United States

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 431-453

  Ellison, Christopher G ^a   Hummer, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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