Perceived stress, sources and severity of stress among medical undergraduates in a Pakistani medical school

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Shah, Mohsin ^a   Hasan, Shahid ^a   Malik, Samina ^a   Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; PAKISTAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76849109043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-2     Document Type: Article

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