Relationship Between Religiosity and Health: Evidence from a Post-communist Country.
Background: The relationship between religiosity and health has been investigated in the western world for decades. However, very little data are available from the post-communist region of Europe, where religion was suppressed for a long time. Purpose: The aim of the present study was to lessen thi...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Behavioral Medicine Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 477 - 487 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2013
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