Subjective symptoms among female hospital nurses in Korea

Asian Journal of Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-83

  Smith, Derek R ^a   Choe, Myoung Ae ^b   Chae, Young Ran ^c   An, Gyeong Ju ^d   Jeong, Jae Sim ^e   Jeon, Mi Yang ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^d Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^e University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^f Keukdong College   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Affective symptoms; Depression; Korea; Menstruation disturbances; Nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746429967     PISSN: 18186270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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