Religion, spirituality, and children’s physical health

The Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 384-398

  Oman, Doug ^a   Thoresen, Carl E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976657.n28     Document Type: Chapter

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