Rapid change, climate adversity and the next 'big dry': Older farmers' mental health

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 239-243

  Polain, John David ^a   Berry, Helen Louise ^a,b   Hoskin, John Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Health service; Psychiatric; Remote; Rural adversity

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80053107863     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2011.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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