The importance of different forms of social capital for health

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-128

  Ferlander, Sara ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bonding social capital; Bridging social capital; Cross cutting social capital; Health; Linking social capital; Medical sociology; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248581302     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699307077654     Document Type: Article

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