Stress amongst dental students: A systematic review

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-18

  Alzahem, A M ^a   Van Der Molen, H T ^b   Alaujan, A H ^a   Schmidt, H G ^c   Zamakhshary, M H ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dental students; Dentistry; Stress; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 78651455640     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2010.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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