Internet Addiction, Anxiety, and Salivary Cortisol Among Medical Students in Northern Iran in 2022.
Background: The occurrence of extreme behaviors and their detrimental impacts, particularly Internet addiction (IA) among students, have drawn the attention of researchers in contrast to the positive uses of the internet. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlation between...
| Publicado en: | Shiraz E Medical Journal Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 1 - 8 |
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Mar2026
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