Religious affiliation and all-cause mortality: a prospective population study in middle-aged men in eastern Finland.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on December 01, 1996

Authors

J Räsänen1, J Kauhanen, T A Lakka, G A Kaplan, J T Salonen

Author Affiliations

1: Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, Finland.

Associated clinical trials:

Mechanisms Underlying Psychosocial Associations With Ischemic Heart Disease (Kuopio) | NCT00005260

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