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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of emergency department staff towards disaster and emergency preparedness at tertiary health care hospital in central Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Nofal, Isamme Alfayyad, Anas Khan, Zohair Al Aseri and Amani Abu-Shaheen
Saudi Medical Journal November 2018, 39 (11) 1123-1129; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.11.23026
Abdullah Nofal
From the Disaster Management Unit (Nofal); from the Department of Emergency Medicine (Khan), College of Medicine; from the Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (Al Aseri), King Saud University Medical City, and from the Research Center (Alfayyad, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Isamme Alfayyad
From the Disaster Management Unit (Nofal); from the Department of Emergency Medicine (Khan), College of Medicine; from the Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (Al Aseri), King Saud University Medical City, and from the Research Center (Alfayyad, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Anas Khan
From the Disaster Management Unit (Nofal); from the Department of Emergency Medicine (Khan), College of Medicine; from the Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (Al Aseri), King Saud University Medical City, and from the Research Center (Alfayyad, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Zohair Al Aseri
From the Disaster Management Unit (Nofal); from the Department of Emergency Medicine (Khan), College of Medicine; from the Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (Al Aseri), King Saud University Medical City, and from the Research Center (Alfayyad, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Amani Abu-Shaheen
From the Disaster Management Unit (Nofal); from the Department of Emergency Medicine (Khan), College of Medicine; from the Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (Al Aseri), King Saud University Medical City, and from the Research Center (Alfayyad, Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah Nofal, Isamme Alfayyad, Anas Khan, Zohair Al Aseri, Amani Abu-Shaheen
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Abdullah Nofal, Isamme Alfayyad, Anas Khan, Zohair Al Aseri, Amani Abu-Shaheen
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