@article{Ring2022-02-28Menta-57276,
  year={2022},
  doi={10.3390/nu14051038},
  title={Mental and Behavioural Responses to Bahá'í Fasting : Looking behind the Scenes of a Religiously Motivated Intermittent Fast Using a Mixed Methods Approach},
  number={5},
  volume={14},
  journal={Nutrients},
  author={Ring, Raphaela M. and Eisenmann, Clemens and Kandil, Farid I. and Steckhan, Nico and Demmrich, Sarah and Klatte, Caroline and Kessler, Christian S. and Jeitler, Michael and Michalsen, Andreas and Koppold-Liebscher, Daniela A.},
  note={Article Number: 1038}
}

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