Internet addiction and modeling its risk factors in medical students, Iran

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-162

  Ghamari, Farhad ^a   Mohammadbeigi, Abolfazl ^b   Mohammadsalehi, Narges ^c   Hashiani, Amir Almasi ^c  

^a Department of Occupational Health ^*  (Iran)

^b QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Addiction; educational situation; internet; students; Yang

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856475934     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.92068     Document Type: Article

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