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Prevalence and determinants of antenatal depression among women attending primary health care centers in Western Saudi Arabia

Jamala A. Bawahab, Jawaher R. Alahmadi and Adel M. Ibrahim
Saudi Medical Journal December 2017, 38 (12) 1237-1242; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.12.21262
Jamala A. Bawahab
From the Joint Program of Family and Community Medicine, Department of Primary Health Care (Bawahab), from the Department of Administration of Public Health (Ibrahim), Ministry of Health, and from the Department of Community and Family Medicine (Alahmadi), King Abdulazziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Jawaher R. Alahmadi
From the Joint Program of Family and Community Medicine, Department of Primary Health Care (Bawahab), from the Department of Administration of Public Health (Ibrahim), Ministry of Health, and from the Department of Community and Family Medicine (Alahmadi), King Abdulazziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Adel M. Ibrahim
From the Joint Program of Family and Community Medicine, Department of Primary Health Care (Bawahab), from the Department of Administration of Public Health (Ibrahim), Ministry of Health, and from the Department of Community and Family Medicine (Alahmadi), King Abdulazziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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