Knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation among university students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1306-1309

  Al Turki, Yousef A ^a   Al Fraih, Yasser S ^a   Jalalay, Jalal B ^a   Al Maghlouth, Ibrahim A ^a   Al Rashoudi, Fahad H ^a   Al Otaibi, Azzam F ^a   Al Thnayan, Anas A ^a   Trabzoni, Abdulmohsin I ^a   Al Shaykh, Abulaziz S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049083325     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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