Mental health issues in Chinese offshore oil workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 545-549

  Chen, Wei Qing ^a   Wong, Tze Wai ^b   Yu, Tak Sun ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coping; Mental health; Occupational stress; Offshore; Oil

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORKER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROLEUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70849105997     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp118     Document Type: Article

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