Gender differences in factors associated with suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms among middle-aged workers in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-213

  Sugawara, Norio ^a,b   Yasui Furukori, Norio ^a   Sasaki, Giro ^b   Tanaka, Osamu ^a   Umeda, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Ippei ^a   Danjo, Kazuma ^a   Matsuzaka, Masashi ^a   Kaneko, Sunao ^a   Nakaji, Shigeyuki ^a,b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aomori Occupational Health Promotion Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Gender difference; Middle aged workers; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876800229     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1354     Document Type: Article

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