Perception of female students of King Saud university towards premarital screening

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-88

  Alam, Awatif ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Health Education; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.; Premarital Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 60149084180     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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