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Breastfeeding self efficacy among pregnant women in Saudi Arabia

Reham M. Khresheh and Nagwa M. Ahmed
Saudi Medical Journal November 2018, 39 (11) 1116-1122; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.11.23437
Reham M. Khresheh
From the Department of Nursing, University College of Umluj, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MNEd, PhD
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Nagwa M. Ahmed
From the Department of Nursing, University College of Umluj, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MSc, PhD
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vol. 39 no. 11 1116-1122
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.11.23437
PubMed 
30397711

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received August 6, 2018
  • Accepted September 26, 2018
  • Published online November 1, 2018.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Reham M. Khresheh, MNEd, PhD⇑ and
  2. Nagwa M. Ahmed, MSc, PhD
  1. From the Department of Nursing, University College of Umluj, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Reham M. Khresheh, Department of Nursing, University College of Umluj, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: reham1966{at}yahoo.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4656-3290
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