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Smartphone addiction among university students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Fahad D. Alosaimi, Haifa Alyahya, Hatem Alshahwan, Nawal Al Mahyijari and Shaffi A. Shaik
Saudi Medical Journal June 2016, 37 (6) 675-683; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.6.14430
Fahad D. Alosaimi
From the SABIC Psychological Health Research & Applications Chair, Department of Psychiatry (Alosaimi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, the National Guard Health Affairs (Alyahya), Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (Alshahwan), Family and Community Department (Shaik), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Ministry of Health (Al Mahyijari), Al Masara Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
MDHaifa Alyahya
From the SABIC Psychological Health Research & Applications Chair, Department of Psychiatry (Alosaimi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, the National Guard Health Affairs (Alyahya), Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (Alshahwan), Family and Community Department (Shaik), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Ministry of Health (Al Mahyijari), Al Masara Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
MDHatem Alshahwan
From the SABIC Psychological Health Research & Applications Chair, Department of Psychiatry (Alosaimi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, the National Guard Health Affairs (Alyahya), Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (Alshahwan), Family and Community Department (Shaik), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Ministry of Health (Al Mahyijari), Al Masara Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
MDNawal Al Mahyijari
From the SABIC Psychological Health Research & Applications Chair, Department of Psychiatry (Alosaimi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, the National Guard Health Affairs (Alyahya), Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (Alshahwan), Family and Community Department (Shaik), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Ministry of Health (Al Mahyijari), Al Masara Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
MDShaffi A. Shaik
From the SABIC Psychological Health Research & Applications Chair, Department of Psychiatry (Alosaimi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, the National Guard Health Affairs (Alyahya), Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (Alshahwan), Family and Community Department (Shaik), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Ministry of Health (Al Mahyijari), Al Masara Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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Saudi Medical Journal Jun 2016, 37 (6) 675-683; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.6.14430
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