Relationship between mental health and interest in field of study in nursing and midwifery students

Life Science Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1916-1921

  Dalir, Zahra ^a   Mazloum, Seyed Reza ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Field of study; Interest; Mental health; Midwifery; Nursing; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874836939     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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