Evaluation of antenatal referrals from health centres to the maternity and children′s hospital in Dammam city, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-28

  Al Soweilem, Latifa S ^a   Mangoud, Abdallah M ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antenatal Risk Factors; General practitioner (GP); Primary Health Care (PHC) Centres; Referral Rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 75449104522     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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