Social capital and self-rated health in Argentina

Health Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-208

  Ronconi, Lucas ^a   Brown, Timothy T ^b   Scheffler, Richard M ^b  

^a CIPPEC ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Latin America; Social capital

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGED; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84855553812     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1696     Document Type: Article

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