What is social capital and how does it relate to health?

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Kritsotakis, George ^a,c   Gamarnikow, Eva ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Community; Crete; Greece; Nursing; Social capital; Social support

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0348110632     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(03)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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