Making sense of social capital, health and policy

Health Policy

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-22

  Shortt, S E D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health policy; Inequality; Social capital; Social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRUST;

EID: 4143092556     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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