Farming and mental health problems and mental illness

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 340-349

  Fraser, C E ^a   Smith, K B ^b   Judd, F ^b   Humphreys, J S ^b   Fragar, L J ^c   Henderson, A ^c  

^a Centre for Rural Mental Health   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCINFO; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NORTH AMERICA; SUICIDE;

EID: 29644434742     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764005060844     Document Type: Article

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