Work stress as a risk factor for major depressive episode(s)

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 865-871

  Wang, JianLi L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Peter Lougheed Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 21044434339     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291704003241     Document Type: Article

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