Consideration of the determinants of women's mental health in remote Australian mining towns

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Sharma, Sanjay ^a   Rees, Susan ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marital relationships; Mental health; Patriarchal culture; Woman; Work schedule

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRIEND; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINER; MINING; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RELATIVE; REVIEW; ROLE STRESS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; COAL MINING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33846224651     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00842.x     Document Type: Review

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