Prevalence of sleep deprivation and relation with depressive symptoms among medical residents in king Fahd university hospital, Saudi Arabia

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e78-e84

  Al Maddah, Esraa M ^a   Al Dabal, Badria K ^a   Khalil, Mohammad S ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Depression; Drowsiness; Physicians; Saudi Arabia; Sleep Deprivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922592887     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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