Impact of asthma education program on asthma knowledge of general practitioners

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 550-552

  Al Haddad, Nasser ^a,c   Al Ansari, Saleh Saad ^b   Al Shari, Abdullah Tali ^b  

^a Madinah Matern/Children Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031428212     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.550     Document Type: Article

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