Sense of coherence and psychiatric morbidity: A 19-year register-based prospective study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-261

  Kouvonen, Anne M ^a   Väänänen, Ari ^b   Vahtera, Jussi ^b   Heponiemi, Tarja ^c   Koskinen, Aki ^b   Cox, Sara J ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUICIDE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TREES; YOUNG ADULT;

FINLAND;

EID: 77649320140     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.083352     Document Type: Article

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