The relationship between five different measures of structural social capital, medical examination outcomes, and mortality

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-26

  Muennig, Peter ^a   Cohen, Alison K ^a   Palmer, Aileen ^a   Zhu, Wenyi ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Health; National Death Index; NHANES III; Social capital

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN;

HEALTH STATUS; MEDICINE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876192791     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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