Psychological stress among dental students at the University of Jordan

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1107-1114

  Abu Ghazaleh, Suha B ^a   Rajab, Flamis D ^a   Sonbol, Hawazen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dental Environment Stress questionnaire; Dental students; General Health Questionnaire; Jordan; Student stress

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 80051727460     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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