The mental health status of Chinese rural-urban migrant workers

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 716-722

  Li, Lu ^a   Wang, Hong Mei ^a   Ye, Xue Jun ^a   Jiang, Min Min ^a   Lou, Qin Yuan ^a   Hesketh, Therese ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Mental health; Migrant workers; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548321235     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0221-0     Document Type: Article

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