Heart disease risk factors: Prevalence and knowledge in a primary care setting, Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-300

  Taha, A Z ^a   Bella, H ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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