Minor psychiatric morbidity, its prevalence and outcome in a cohort of civil servants - A seven-year follow-up study

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-215

  Jenkins, R ^a   Harvey, S ^a   Butler, T ^a   Thomas, R Lloyd ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental illness; Outcome; Prevalence; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFFICE WORKER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030057891     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/46.3.209     Document Type: Article

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