Structural and Cognitive Aspects of Social Capital and All-Cause Mortality: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 545-566

  Nyqvist, Fredrica ^a   Pape, Bernd ^b   Pellfolk, Tony ^c   Forsman, Anna K ^a,d   Wahlbeck, Kristian ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^c NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^e Psychotherapy Clinic   (Finland)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Cohort studies; Meta analysis; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84897635773     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0288-9     Document Type: Article

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