Social capital and health: Implications for public health and epidemiology

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1181-1188

  Lomas, Jonathan ^a  

^a Can Hlth Serv Research Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Public health; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031694355     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00190-7     Document Type: Article

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