The limits of social capital: Durkheim, suicide, and social cohesion

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1139-1143

  Kushner, Howard I ^a   Sterk, Claire E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARMY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUICIDE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 21144450893     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.053314     Document Type: Review

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