Strategies for enhancing the use of primary health care services by nomads and rural communities in Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 326-333

  Qureshi, Naseem Akhtar ^a   Abdelgadir, Muzamil H ^b   Al Amri, Aladin Hadi ^c   Al Beyari, Talal Hussain ^d   Jacob, Philomina ^b  

^a Buraidah Mental Health Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Medical Education and Community Services Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Primary Health Care Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NONE

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EID: 0347767476     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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