Social space, social class and Bourdieu: Health inequalities in British Columbia, Canada

Health and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-31

  Veenstra, Gerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Economic capital; Social capital; Social class; Social space

Indexed keywords

CLASS; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAPITAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750981517     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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