Stress and Quality of Life Among University Students: A Systematic Literature Review

Health Professions Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 70-77

  Ribeiro, Ícaro J S ^a   Pereira, Rafael ^a   Freire, Ivna V ^a   de Oliveira, Bruno G ^a   Casotti, Cezar A ^a   Boery, Eduardo N ^a  

^a State University of Southwest Bahia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Psychological stress; Quality of life; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85132277886     PISSN: 24523011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hpe.2017.03.002     Document Type: Review

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