Relationship between Health Status and Psychological Distress among the Inhabitants in a Methylmercury-Polluted Area in Japan

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 725-731

  Ushijima, Kayo ^a,b   Miyake, Yoshihiro ^b   Kitano, Takao ^a   Shono, Masahiro ^a   Futatsuka, Makoto ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mental health; Methylmercury polluted area; Minamata disease; Self rated health status

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MERCURIALISM; OUTPATIENT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33745249115     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890409602959     Document Type: Article

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