Symptoms and health complaints and their association with perceived stress: Students from seven universities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Journal of Public Health (Germany)

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 413-425

  El Ansari, Walid ^a   Oskrochi, Reza ^b   Stock, Christiane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

College health; Health complaints; Quality of life; Self reported symptoms; Stress; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREATHING DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INCOME; INSOMNIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; NECK PAIN; OBESITY; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOULDER PAIN; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; STRESS; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84884983969     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: 16132238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-013-0571-x     Document Type: Article

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