A study of depression and anxiety among doctors working in emergency unit in Denizli, Turkey

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 759-763

  Erdur, B ^a   Ergin, A ^a   Turkcuer, I ^a   Parlak, I ^b   Ergin, N ^c   Boz, B ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Buca Tip Merkezi   (Turkey)

^c City Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HABIT; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKING TIME; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 39049187270     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.035071     Document Type: Article

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