Prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression among female medical students in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 726-736

  Ibrahim, Nahla ^a,b   Al Kharboush, Dania ^a   El Khatib, Lamis ^a   Al Habib, Ahd ^a   Asali, Dana ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Epidemiology; Medical students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886914751     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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