Associations between social capital and health status in an Australian population

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-482

  Caperchione, Cristina ^a   Lauder, William ^b   Kolt, Gregory S ^c   Duncan, Mitch J ^a   Mummery, W Kerry ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CATI survey; Health related quality of life; Physical and mental health; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53149147792     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500701694235     Document Type: Article

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