Mental health differences among middle-aged sawmill workers in rural compared to Urban British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 84-100

  Ostry, Aleck ^a,b   Maggi, Stefania ^b,c   Hershler, Ruth ^b,d   Chen, Lisa ^d   Hertzman, Clyde ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b New Emerging Team for Health in Rural and Northern British Columbia ^*  (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Mental health; Nested case control study; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78049438160     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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