Well-being of medical students and their awareness on substance misuse: A cross-sectional survey in Pakistan

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Yousafzai, Abdul Wahab ^a   Ahmer, Syed ^a   Syed, Ehsanullah ^a   Bhutto, Naila ^a   Iqbal, Saman ^a   Siddiqi, Mohammed Naim ^a   Zaman, Mohammed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 63549112198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-8-8     Document Type: Article

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