Religious/spiritual coping in older African American women

Qualitative Report

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 237-260

  Greer, Danice B ^a   Abel, Willie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence Compliance; African American Women; Hypertension; Mixed Method; Religious Spiritual Coping

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010762683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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