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Prevalence and predictors of physical exercise among nurses

A cross-sectional study

Mohamad A. Al-Tannir, Samer Y. Kobrosly, Nahid K. Elbakri and Amani K. Abu-Shaheen
Saudi Medical Journal February 2017, 38 (2) 209-212; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.2.15502
Mohamad A. Al-Tannir
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir, Elbakri, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from Emergency Department, Makassed General Hospital (Kobrosly), Beirut, Lebanon
DMD, MPH
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Samer Y. Kobrosly
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir, Elbakri, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from Emergency Department, Makassed General Hospital (Kobrosly), Beirut, Lebanon
RN
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Nahid K. Elbakri
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir, Elbakri, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from Emergency Department, Makassed General Hospital (Kobrosly), Beirut, Lebanon
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Amani K. Abu-Shaheen
From the Research Center (Al-Tannir, Elbakri, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from Emergency Department, Makassed General Hospital (Kobrosly), Beirut, Lebanon
RN, MPH
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