Mental health and wellbeing in Icelandic farmers;Geoheilsa og líoan íslenskra bænda

Laeknabladid

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 763-769

  Tómasson, Kristinn ^a   Guomundsson, Gunnar ^a  

^a Sérfræoingur í Geo og Embættislækningum ^*  (Iceland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Farming; Mental health; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 73349123488     PISSN: 00237213     EISSN: 16704959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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