Stress and coping strategies among arab medical students: Towards a research agenda

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Elzubeir, M A ^a   Elzubeir, K E ^b   Magzoub, M E ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab; Coping; Literature review; Medical students; Research; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953368807     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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