Social capital and health promotion: A review

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 871-885

  Hawe, Penelope ^a   Shiell, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Social capital; Social context; Social environment

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; COMMUNITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0034666832     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00067-8     Document Type: Article

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