Depression and stigma in medical students at a private medical college

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 246-254

  Vankar, Jagdish R ^a   Prabhakaran, Anusha ^a   Sharma, Himanshu ^a  

^a PRAMUKHSWAMI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Depression; medical students; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904003674     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.135372     Document Type: Article

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