The Effect of Religious Concentration and Affiliation on County Cancer Mortality Rates
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Health and Social Behavior
- Vol. 31 (2) , 185-202
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2137172
Abstract
Previous research has documented lower cancer mortality rates among religious groups characterized by doctrinal orthodoxy and behavioral conformity. In addition...This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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