A lesson learned from Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in Saudi Arabia

Medical Teacher

Volumn 37, Issue S1, 2015, Pages S88-S93

  Al Shehri, Ali M ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAUDI ARABIA;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84925773846     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2015.1006610     Document Type: Article

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