Does medical school cause health anxiety and worry in medical students?

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 479-481

  Singh, Gurminder ^a   Hankins, Matthew ^a   Weinman, John A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders *psychology; Attitude to health; Cross sectional study; Education, medical, undergraduate; England; Questionnaires; Students, medical *psychology

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 2442419104     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2929.2004.01813.x     Document Type: Article

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