Personality traits in miners with past occupational elemental mercury exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 290-296

  Kobal Grum, Darja ^a   Kobal, Alfred B ^b   Arnerič, Niko ^c   Horvat, Milena ^d   Ženko, Bernard ^d   Džeroski, Sašo ^d   Osredkar, Joško ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Idrija Mercury Mine ^*  (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Depression; Elemental mercury; Ex mercury miners; Hg; Negative self concept; Occupational exposure; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MERCURY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SHORT SURVEY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDE;

EID: 31944452767     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7863     Document Type: Short Survey

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