Measuring aspects of social capital in a gerontological perspective

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 221-232

  Poulsen, Tine ^a   Christensen, Ulla ^a   Lund, Rikke ^a   Avlund, Kirsten ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bonding; Bridging; Linking; Older people; Social capital; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255192258     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-011-0205-5     Document Type: Article

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