Lack of association between drought and mental health in a cohort of 45-61 year old rural Australian women

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 518-523

  Powers, Jennifer R ^a   Dobson, Annette J ^b   Berry, Helen L ^c   Graves, Anna M ^a   Hanigan, Ivan C ^d   Loxton, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

drought; mental health; vulnerable; women

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DROUGHT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; DROUGHTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84955178235     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12369     Document Type: Article

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