From social integration to health: Durkheim in the new millennium

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 843-857

  Berkman, Lisa F ^a   Glass, Thomas ^b   Brissette, Ian ^c   Seeman, Teresa E ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status; Mortality; Social epidemiology; Social integration; Social networks; Social support

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL NETWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MODEL; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 0034666823     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00065-4     Document Type: Article

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