Cornell Medical Index Score Observed among Japanese Nursing Students

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-287

  Fukahara, Akiko ^a   Kodama, Naoko ^a   Nagahiro, Chie ^a   Nanakorn, Somsong ^a,b   Osaka, Ryoko ^a,c  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cornell Medical Index; Japan; Nursing student; Overall health complaints; Physical health complaints; Psychological health complaints

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; NEUROSIS; NURSING STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0031300026     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.44.281     Document Type: Article

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