Anxiety and depression among medical students: A cross-sectional study

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 699-702

  Jadoon, Nauman Arif ^a   Yaqoob, Rehan ^a   Raza, Ali ^a   Shehzad, Muhammad Asif ^a   Choudhry, Zeshan Sharif ^a  

^a NISHTAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956403013     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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