Knowledge, attitude and practice of secondary schools and university students toward Middle East Respiratory Syndrome epidemic in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 572-577

  Al Hazmi, Ali ^a   Gosadi, Ibrahim ^b   Somily, Ali ^a   Alsubaie, Sarah ^a   Bin Saeed, Abdulaziz ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Corona; MERS; MERS CoV; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955565177     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.01.032     Document Type: Article

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