"Social capital," GNP per capita, relative income, and health: An ecological study of 23 countries

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 679-696

  Lindström, Christine ^b   Lindström, Martin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TRUST;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TRUST;

EID: 34447279356     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/C2PP-WF4R-X081-W2QN     Document Type: Article

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