Stress in residency training as perceived by resident doctors in a Nigerian university teaching hospital

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-259

  Issa, B A ^a   Yussuf, A D ^a   Olanrewaju, G T ^a   Oyewole, A O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Doctors; Nigeria; Residency; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649118190     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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