Ringxiety and the mobile phone usage pattern among the students of a medical college in South India

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 205-209

  Subba, Sonu H ^a   Mandelia, Chetan ^b   Pathak, Vaibhav ^b   Reddy, Divya ^b   Goel, Akanksha ^b   Tayal, Ayushi ^b   Nair, Swati ^b   Nagaraj, Kondagunta ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Mobile phone; Psychological effect; Ringxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LIBRARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MOBILE PHONE; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RINGXIETY; SOUND INTENSITY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 84873668150     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/4652.2729     Document Type: Article

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