Decomposing social capital inequalities in health

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-238

  Moore, Spencer ^a   Stewart, Steven ^a   Teixeira, Ana ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ABERTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INEQUALITIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

HEALTH INEQUALITIES; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CANADA; CENSUSES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84894035089     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202996     Document Type: Article

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