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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction to the Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health / Eric Nauenberg -- pt. I THEORIES ON HOW SOCIAL CAPITAL IMPROVES HEALTH -- 2.How does social capital contribute to health? / Sherman Folland -- 3.History of social capital and health / M. Kamrul Islam -- 4.How social capital arises in areas / Tigist Woldetsadik Sommeno -- pt. II SPECIAL INQUIRIES ON SOCIAL CAPITAL AND HEALTH -- 5.Social capital and health across the life cycle / Eric Nauenberg -- 6.Religious and social capital and health / Chen Sharony -- pt. III EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE: DOES SOCIAL CAPITAL IMPROVE HEALTH? -- 7.Social capital in epidemiology / Martin Lindstrom -- 8.Social capital and aging brain health / Nicole D. Anderson -- 9.Social capital and types of illness: where is it most effective? / Oddvar Martin Kaarbee -- 10.Social capital and risk-taking behavior / Sherman Folland -- pt. IV CAUSALITY ISSUES

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