Stress, burnout, anxiety and depression among dentists

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 788-794

  Rada, Robert E ^a,b   Johnson Leong, Charmaine ^a,b  

^a College of Dentistry ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BURNOUT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; STRESS;

EID: 3042604695     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0279     Document Type: Article

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