Assessment of prescribing practices at the primary health care centers in Jeddah

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 346-348

  Balbaid, Omar M ^a,b   Al Dawood, Kasim ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Family Medicine   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; DRUG USE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029955862     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.346     Document Type: Article

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