Mental health distress and related factors among prefectural public servants seven months after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 287-294

  Suzuki, Yuriko ^a   Fukasawa, Maiko ^a   Obara, Akiko ^b   Kim, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Miyagi Mental Health and Welfare Center Osaki   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Disaster; Mental health; Risk factors; Worker

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK; RISK FACTOR; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC SECTOR; RELIEF WORK; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903987476     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20130138     Document Type: Article

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