Stress in farmers: A survey of farmers in England and Wales

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 729-734

  Simkin, Sue ^a   Hawton, Keith ^a   Fagg, Joan ^a   Malmberg, Aslög ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmers; Postal questionnaire; Stress

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031755349     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.11.729     Document Type: Article

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