Prevalence of depression among medical students of a private medical college in India

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Singh, A ^a   Lal, A ^a   Shekhar, A ^b  

^a Rohilkhand Medical College   (India)

^b Jaipur College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Depression; India; Medical students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956364976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09725997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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