Social capital and health-Purely a question of context?

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 946-953

  Giordano, Giuseppe Nicola ^a,b   Ohlsson, Henrik ^a   Lindström, Martin ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health; Household context; Multilevel ecometric analysis; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ECONOMETRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PANEL DATA; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958056935     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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