Using multi-level data to estimate the effect of social capital on hazardous alcohol consumption in the former Soviet Union

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 572-577

  Murphy, Adrianna ^a   Roberts, Bayard ^a   Kenward, Michael G ^a   De Stavola, Bianca L ^a   Stickley, Andrew ^b   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905002115     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt213     Document Type: Article

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