The effect of stress-related factors on mental health status among resident doctors in Japan

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 826-834

  Haoka, Takeshi ^a   Sasahara, Shin Ichiro ^a   Tomotsune, Yusuke ^a   Yoshino, Satoshi ^a   Maeno, Tetsuhiro ^b   Matsuzaki, Ichiyo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954736041     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03725.x     Document Type: Article

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