Medical students' behaviour, attitudes and knowledge of sleep medicine

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 587-589

  Mahendran, Rathi ^a   Subramaniam, M ^a   Chan, Y H ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Biostatistics Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attitutes; Beliefs; Medical students; Sleep disorders; Sleep survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 10444257146     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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