Factors associated with public awareness of the Crown Health Program in the Al-Jouf Region

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 31-38

  Memish, Ziad A ^a   Saeedi, Mohammad Y ^a   Al Madani, Ahmed J ^a   Junod, Bernard ^a   Jamo, Abdelgadier ^a   Abid, Omer ^a   Alanazi, Faisal M ^a   Alrewally, Fayez G ^b   Mandil, Ahmed M ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Qatif Health Cluster   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Community based health education; noncommunicable diseases; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941043228     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.149586     Document Type: Article

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