Mental health in F-111 maintenance workers: The Study of Health Outcomes in Aircraft Maintenance Personnel (SHOAMP) general health and medical study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 682-691

  Attia, John R ^b   D'Este, Catherine ^b   Schofield, Peter W ^b   Brown, Anthony M ^b   Gibson, Richard ^b   Tavener, Meredith ^a   Horsley, Keith ^b   Harrex, Warren ^b   Ross, James ^b  

^a ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

AIRPLANE CREW; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SYMPTOM; WORKER;

AIRCRAFT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAINTENANCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33746266497     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000205985.00559.84     Document Type: Article

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