Prevalence of utilization of native medicine among primary care consumers

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 551-554

  Al Ajaji, Nasser ^a   Taha, Attia Z ^a   Al Zubier, Ahmed G ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Consumers; Native medicine; Prevalence primary care center

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012515192     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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