The diversity in associations between community social capital and health per health outcome, population group and location studied

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1384-1392

  Van Hooijdonk, Carolien ^a,b   Droomers, Mariël ^a   Deerenberg, Ingeborg M ^c   Mackenbach, Johan P ^b   Kunst, Anton E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community social capital; Mortality; Neighbourhood; Population group; The Netherlands; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION GROUPS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN HEALTH;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57349181386     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn181     Document Type: Article

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