Referral rates and patterns in primary care department, Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-161

  Badawi, Ibrahim ^b   Khattab, Maged ^a   Campbell, John ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Primary care; Referral rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344645691     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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