The mental health of farmers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 471-476

  Gregoire, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmers; Mental health; Mental illness; Rural; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FARMING SYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; SUICIDE;

EID: 0036940683     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/52.8.471     Document Type: Review

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