International Perspectives on Psychosocial Working Conditions, Mental Health, and Stress of Dairy Farm Operators

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 244-255

  Lunner Kolstrup, Christina ^a   Kallioniemi, Marja ^b   Lundqvist, Peter ^a   Kymäläinen, Hanna Riitta ^c   Stallones, Lorann ^d,e   Brumby, Susan ^f  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; burnout; farmers; mental strain; suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAIRYING; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANPOWER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SUICIDE; WORKPLACE;

DAIRYING; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SUICIDE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84880276078     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2013.796903     Document Type: Article

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