Psychological health of first-year health professional students in a medical university in the United Arab Emirates

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-213

  Gomathi, Kadayam G ^a   Ahmed, Soofia ^a   Seedharan, Jayadevan ^a  

^a GULF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Health professions; Medical student; Psychological stress; Undergraduate medical education; UnitEd Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859852833     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12816/0003114     Document Type: Article

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