Levels and Sources of Stress in Medical Students

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 292, Issue 6529, 1986, Pages 1177-1180

  Firth, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0022646688     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.292.6529.1177     Document Type: Article

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