Children's “social capital”: Implications for health and well-being

Health Education

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 211-225

  Morrow, Virginia ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); Health and safety; Public policy; Social economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992947876     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280410546718     Document Type: Article

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