Beyond Workers' Compensation: Men's Mental Health In and Out of Work

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-53

  Oliffe, John L ^a   Han, Christina S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

depression; gender socialization; hegemonic masculinity; suicide; work related health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER SOCIALIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; WORK-RELATED HEALTH; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

DEPRESSION; GENDER SOCIALIZATION; HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY; SUICIDE; WORK-RELATED HEALTH;

COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SUICIDE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84890033543     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988313490786     Document Type: Article

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