Social capital, the miniaturisation of community, traditionalism and first time acute myocardial infarction: A prospective cohort study in southern Sweden

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2204-2217

  Ali, Sadiq M ^a   Merlo, Juan ^a   Rosvall, Maria ^a   Lithman, Thor ^a   Lindström, Martin ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Miniaturisation of community; Morbidity; Mortality; Social capital; Social participation; Sweden; Trust

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; MORALITY; MORBIDITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TRUST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKANE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33747763267     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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