Understanding suicide in Australian farmers

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Judd, Fiona ^a   Jackson, Henry ^b   Fraser, Caitlin ^a   Murray, Greg ^a,b,c   Robins, Garry ^b   Komiti, Angela ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Farmer; Mental health problems; Personality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEUROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 33644533250     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0007-1     Document Type: Article

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