An exploratory study of associations between social capital and self-assessed health in Norway

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-364

  Iversen, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF LIVING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATISTICS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIGION; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 52249085871     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133108004544     Document Type: Article

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