Self-rated health and social capital among aging people across the Urban-Rural dimension

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-194

  Nummela, Olli ^a   Sulander, Tommi ^a   Karisto, Antti ^b   Uutela, Antti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Self rated health; Social capital; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TRUST; URBAN AREA;

AGED; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349609231     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-008-9027-z     Document Type: Article

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