Mental health status and related characteristics of chinese male rural-urban migrant workers

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 342-351

  Yang, Tingzhong ^a   Xu, Xiaochao ^a   Li, Mu ^b   Rockett, Ian R H ^c   Zhu, Waner ^a   Ellison Barnes, Alejandra ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Mental health; Migrant workers; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864838020     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9395-8     Document Type: Article

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