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Determining the knowledge of primary healthcare (PHC) physicians and factors influencing practices in the implementation of the catch-up vaccination program in PHC clinics in Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Rawan S. AlFaraj, Amal AlShehab, Shahid A. Latif and Khalid J. Al Fraihi
Saudi Medical Journal June 2020, 41 (6) 645-651; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.6.25116
Rawan S. AlFaraj
From the College of Medicine (AlFaraj, ALshehab), University of Dammam, Dammam; from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AlFaraj, AlShehab, Latif, Al Fraihi), Armed Forced Hospital, King Abdulaziz Airbase, Dhahran. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Amal AlShehab
From the College of Medicine (AlFaraj, ALshehab), University of Dammam, Dammam; from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AlFaraj, AlShehab, Latif, Al Fraihi), Armed Forced Hospital, King Abdulaziz Airbase, Dhahran. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Shahid A. Latif
From the College of Medicine (AlFaraj, ALshehab), University of Dammam, Dammam; from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AlFaraj, AlShehab, Latif, Al Fraihi), Armed Forced Hospital, King Abdulaziz Airbase, Dhahran. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Khalid J. Al Fraihi
From the College of Medicine (AlFaraj, ALshehab), University of Dammam, Dammam; from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (AlFaraj, AlShehab, Latif, Al Fraihi), Armed Forced Hospital, King Abdulaziz Airbase, Dhahran. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Rawan S. AlFaraj, Amal AlShehab, Shahid A. Latif, Khalid J. Al Fraihi
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Saudi Medical Journal Jun 2020, 41 (6) 645-651; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.6.25116
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