Stress management in dental students: A systematic review

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-176

  Alzahem, Abdullah M ^a   Van der Molen, Henk T ^b   Alaujan, Arwa H ^c   De Boer, Benjamin J ^d  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^d PRINCESS NOURAH BINT ABDULRAHMAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dentistry; Education; Management; Stress; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947238183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11797258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S46211     Document Type: Review

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