Pilgrims satisfaction with ambulatory health services in Makkah, 2008

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 135-140

  Al Hoqail, Ibrahim A ^a   Abdalla, Abdelshakour M ^b   Saeed, Abdalla A ^b   Al Hamdan, Nasir A ^b   Bahnassy, Ahmed A ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ambulatory health services; Hajj pilgrims; Makkah

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881527796     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-1683.74331     Document Type: Article

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