Social capital and health status: Assessing whether the relationship varies between blacks and whites

Psychology and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-118

  Beaudoin, Christopher E ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicitysocial capital and health status; Health status; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449126476     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440701700997     Document Type: Article

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