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Religiousness affects mental health, pain and quality of life in older people in an outpatient rehabilitation setting.

Lucchetti G, Lucchetti AG, Badan-Neto AM, Peres PT, Peres MF, Moreira-Almeida A, Gomes C, Koenig HG

São Paulo Medical Spiritist Association, Brazil and Service of Geriatrics, Santa Casa of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. g.lucchetti@yahoo.com.br

Published 24 February 2011 in J Rehabil Med, 43(4): 316-22.
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