Social capital and health across European countries

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1167-1170

  van Groezen, B ^a,b   Jadoenandansing, R ^c   Pasini, G ^b,d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

GERMANY; SWEDEN;

EID: 79960865355     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2010.528353     Document Type: Article

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