Assessment of physician's prescribing practices at Ministry of Health Hospitals in Jeddah City - Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-31

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

^a Jt Prog of Fam/Community Medicine   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hospital; Prescribing; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041643869     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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