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The Relationship Between Religious Service Attendance and Coronary Heart Disease and Related Risk Factors in Saskatchewan, Canada

Abstract

Research suggests that attending religious services could provide small yet important protective benefits against coronary heart disease (CHD) and CHD risk factors (e.g., diabetes, hypertension). The extent to which these benefits apply to Canada deserves study because approximately one-third of adult Canadians attend religious services at least monthly. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the association between frequency of …

Authors

Banerjee AT; Boyle MH; Anand SS; Strachan PH; Oremus M

Journal

Journal of Religion and Health, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 141–156

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

2 2014

DOI

10.1007/s10943-012-9609-6

ISSN

0022-4197