Caffeinated-beverage consumption and its association with socio-demographic characteristics and selfperceived academic stress in first and second year students at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC)

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-100

  Ríos, Josué L ^a   Betancourt, Jesmari ^a   Pagán, Ideliz ^a   Fabián, Carla ^a   Cruz, Sonia Y ^a   González, Anaisa M ^a   González, Michael J ^a   Rivera Soto, Winna T ^a   Palacios, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Academic load; Academic stress; Caffeinated beverages; College students

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CACAO; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; COFFEE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY DRINK; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEA; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEVERAGES; CACAO; CAFFEINE; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COFFEE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY DRINKS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TEA; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878444777     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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