Social capital externalities and mortality in Sweden

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-42

  Islam, M Kamrul ^a   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a,b   Gullberg, Bo ^a   Lindström, Martin ^a   Merlo, Juan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community social capital; Externalities; Mortality; Survival analysis; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; ELECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 39149100616     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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