A study of stress among students of professional colleges from an urban area in India

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 422-429

  Waghachavare, Vivek B ^a   Dhumale, Girish B ^a   Kadam, Yugantara R ^a   Gore, Alka D ^a  

^a Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; India; Medical; Psychological stress; Students; Students, dental; Students, engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880929498     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12816/0003266     Document Type: Article

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