Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume 69, Issue 7, 2012

Suicides in a mega-size factory in China: Poor mental health among young migrant workers in China (Letter)

Lau J.T.F. , Cheng Y.* , Gu J. , Zhou R. , Yu C. , Holroyd E. , Yeung N.C.Y.
  • a Centre for Health Behaviors Research, School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, Centre for Medical Anthropology and Behavioral Health, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, 135, Xingang West Road, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • b Centre for Medical Anthropology and Behavioral Health, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, 135, Xingang West Road, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • c School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
  • d Centre for Medical Anthropology and Behavioral Health, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, 135, Xingang West Road, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • e Centre for Medical Anthropology and Behavioral Health, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, 135, Xingang West Road, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • f Division of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • g Department of Psychology, University of Houston, TX, United States

Abstract

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Index Keywords

urban area China lowest income group industry reward Letter mental health Stress, Psychological priority journal Occupational Diseases Suicide, Attempted social support technology migrant worker Humans Incidence emotional stress Transients and Migrants decision making Suicide
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84862540110&doi=10.1136%2foemed-2011-100593&partnerID=40&md5=e75721c768f6f826d4fe98efc135f5b1
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100593
ISSN: 13510711
Cited by: 17
Original Language: English