No association of neighbourhood volunteerism with mortality in New Zealand: A national multilevel cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 981-989

  Blakely, Tony ^a,b   Atkinson, June ^a   Ivory, Vivienne ^a   Collings, Sunny ^a   Wilton, Jenny ^a   Howden Chapman, Philippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mortality; Multilevel study; Neighbourhoods; Social capital; Suicide; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33749643527     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl088     Document Type: Article

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