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Health professionals’ knowledge and attitudes toward older people in primary care in Saudi Arabia

Badrya H. Alamri and Lily D. Xiao
Saudi Medical Journal March 2017, 38 (3) 229-236; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.3.19293

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