Stress among higher education students: Towards a research agenda

Higher Education

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 735-746

  Robotham, David ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Stress; Students; University; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949158456     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9137-1     Document Type: Review

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