Patterns and correlates of stress among rural Chinese males: A four-region study

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 694-698

  Yang, T ^a   Rockett, I R H ^b   Yang, X ^a   Xu, X ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health policy; Health psychology; Mental health; Rural health; Stress

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVORCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE MAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; WIDOW;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70449528312     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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