Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 10 , Pages 694-698 , October 2009

Patterns and correlates of stress among rural Chinese males: A four-region study

  • T. Yang

      Affiliations

    • Center for Tobacco Control Research, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
    • ,
  • I.R.H. Rockett

      Affiliations

    • Injury Control Research Center and Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-9190, USA
    • ,
  • X. Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Tobacco Control Research, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, PR China.
    • ,
  • X. Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, PR China

Received 15 May 2009 ,Revised 31 July 2009 ,Accepted 11 August 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00227-3

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.08.003

Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 10 , Pages 694-698 , October 2009

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