Religious involvement and adult mortality in the United States: review and perspective.

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Published in South Med J on December 01, 2004

Authors

Robert A Hummer1, Christopher G Ellison, Richard G Rogers, Benjamin E Moulton, Ron R Romero

Author Affiliations

1: Population Research Center and Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. rhummer@prc.utexas.edu

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