'It's difficult being a dentist': Stress and health in the general dental practitioner

British Dental Journal

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-93

  Myers, H L ^a   Myers, L B ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; REVIEW; SAMPLING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 4143079133     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4811476     Document Type: Review

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