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If God is in Control of my Health, What Should I Do? The Importance of Religious, Ethnic, and Social Culture: a Comment on Umezawa et al.

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Masters, K.S. If God is in Control of my Health, What Should I Do? The Importance of Religious, Ethnic, and Social Culture: a Comment on Umezawa et al.. ann. behav. med. 44, 3–4 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-012-9372-7

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