Interventions on medical students' psychological health: A meta-analysis

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Intervention; Medical students; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894431409     PISSN: 16583612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2013.09.010     Document Type: Review

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