Does Religious Activity Improve Health Outcomes? A Critical Review of the Recent Literature
- 31 May 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in EXPLORE
- Vol. 1 (3), 186-191
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2005.02.001
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