Depression in premedical undergraduates: A cross-sectional survey

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Fang, Daniel Z ^a   Young, Christina B ^a   Golshan, Shahrokh ^a   Fellows, Ian ^a   Moutier, Christine ^a   Zisook, Sidney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 79251474676     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.10m00958blu     Document Type: Article

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