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Religion and aging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Harold G. Koenig
Harold G. Koenig*
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Geriatric Evaluation and Treatment Clinic, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Harold G Koenig, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, 182 VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC27705, USA.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , May 1993 , pp. 195 - 203
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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