Quality of life in dialysis patients from the United Arab Emirates

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-112

  Ayoub, Abdelbasit ^a   Hijjazi, Kamal ^b  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SIDRA MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Islamic religion; quality of life; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902110757     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.114772     Document Type: Article

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