Psychosocial Working Conditions and Suicide Ideation: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Survey of Working Australians

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 584-587

  Milner, Allison ^a,b   Page, Kathryn ^a   Witt, Katrina ^a   Lamontagne, Anthony ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BULLYING; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; JOB STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL STRESS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973300857     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000700     Document Type: Article

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