The role of social capital in the Russian mortality crisis

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2029-2043

  Kennedy, Bruce P ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Brainerd, Elizabeth ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Life expectancy; Mortality; Russia; Social capital; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CRIME; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032216335     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00094-1     Document Type: Article

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