Depressive symptoms among working women in rural North Carolina: A comparison of women in poultry processing and other low-wage jobs

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 284-298

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Dement, John M ^a   Epling, Carol A ^a   Gaynes, Bradley N ^b   McDonald, Mary Anne ^a   Schoenfisch, Ashley L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Health disparities; Occupational health; Poultry processing; Work organization; Working women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JOB CONTENT QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POULTRY FARMING; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACISM; RURAL AREA; SALARY; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 34948904283     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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