Barriers against application of evidence-based medicine in general hospitals in Aseer Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Al Gelban, Khalid S ^a   Al Khaldi, Yahia M ^b   Al Wadei, Abdullah M ^b   Mostafa, Ossama A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b General Directorate of Health Affairs   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aseer; Barriers; Evidence based medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922988444     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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