Stress and academic performance among medical students

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-71

  Sohail, Nudrat ^a  

^a JINNAH HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Coping strategies; Medical students; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84871983863     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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