Social capital and self-rated health: A contextual analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1187-1193

  Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Kennedy, Bruce P ^a   Glass, Roberta ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032810801     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.8.1187     Document Type: Article

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