Attitudes to premarital counseling among students of Abha Health Sciences College

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 986-990

  Al Khaldi, Yahia M ^a   Al Sharif, Abdullah I ^b   Sadiq, Ali A ^c   Ziady, Hany H ^c  

^a Health Sciences College for Boys ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Health Science College; Premarital counseling; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; LAW; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0036700524     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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