Comparison of levels of depression in medical and non-medical students

Clinical Teacher

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-184

  Honney, Katie ^a   Buszewicz, Marta ^a   Coppola, William ^a   Griffin, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955739441     PISSN: 17434971     EISSN: 1743498X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-498X.2010.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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