Is social capital the key to inequalities in health?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 122-129

  Pearce, Neil ^a   Davey Smith, George ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; ECONOMICS; INCOME; POLICY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 0037223283     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.1.122     Document Type: Review

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