Evaluation of Stress in Final-Year Saudi Dental Students Using Salivary Cortisol as a Biomarker

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-384

  Pani, Sharat Chandra ^a   Al Askar, Alaa M ^a   Al Mohrij, Sara I ^a   Al Ohali, Tagreed A ^a  

^a Dental Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dental students; Salivary cortisol; Saudi Arabia; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ACHIEVEMENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SALIVA; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TIME FACTORS; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 79952344556     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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