Mental health of workers in Toulouse 2 years after the industrial AZF disaster: First results of a longitudinal follow-up of 3,000 people

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 784-791

  Cohidon, Christine ^a   Diène, Eloi ^b   Carton, Matthieu ^c   Fatras, Jean Yves ^d   Goldberg, Marcel ^c,e   Imbernon, Ellen ^e  

^a University Lyon   (France)

^b French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^c HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^d Periodic Health Examination Center   (France)

^e National Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

Author keywords

Industrial disaster; Longitudinal follow up; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SYMPTOM;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 69849104306     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0500-z     Document Type: Article

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