A Ten-year study of depressive symptoms in Serbian medical students

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-164

  Ristić Ignjatović, Dragana ^a   Hinić, Darko ^b   Jakovljević, Mihajlo ^a   Fountoulakis, Kostas ^c   Siepera, Marianna ^c   Rančić, Nemanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^b University of Novi Pazar   (Serbia)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beck depression inventory scale; Behavioral symptoms; Depression diagnosis; Medical students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; SERBIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SERBIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891622146     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: 13339451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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