Social capital and mental health in Japan: A multilevel analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Hamano, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Fujisawa, Yoshikazu ^c   Ishida, Yu ^d   Subramanian, S V ^e   Kawachi, Ichiro ^e   Shiwaku, Kuninori ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME VARIABLE; RECREATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SPORT; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 78049311773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013214     Document Type: Article

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