Frequent attendance at religious services and mortality over 28 years.

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Published in Am J Public Health on June 01, 1997

Authors

W J Strawbridge1, R D Cohen, S J Shema, G A Kaplan

Author Affiliations

1: Human Population Laboratory, California Public Health Foundation, Berkeley 94704-1011, USA.

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