Attitude, practice and needs for continuing medical education among primary health care doctors in Asir region

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 37-44

  Alsharif, Abdullah I ^a   Al Khaldi, Yahia M ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Health Science College for Boys   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aseer region.; Attitude assessment; CME; practice needs; primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038415596     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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