A comparison study of perceived stress and quality of life among master of pharmacy and non-pharmacy master's students

Pharmacy Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-28

  Awadh, Ammar Ihsan ^a   Aziz, Noorizan Abdul ^b   Yaseen, Saramd Nabhan ^c   Abdulameer, Shaymaa Abdalwahed ^c   Sahib, Mohanad Naji ^c   AL LELA, Omer Qutaiba B ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Mental; Physical; Postgraduate students; Stress introduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY STUDENT; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84875987352     PISSN: 15602214     EISSN: 14772701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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