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Prevalence and determinants of unconscious stereotyping among primary care physicians

An analytical cross-section study

Naif M. Alqahtani, Shehata F. Shehata and Ossama A. Mostafa
Saudi Medical Journal August 2020, 41 (8) 858-865; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.8.25186
Naif M. Alqahtani
From the Ministry of Health (Alqahtani), Aseer, and from the College of Medicine (Shehata, Mostafa), King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, MPH
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Shehata F. Shehata
From the Ministry of Health (Alqahtani), Aseer, and from the College of Medicine (Shehata, Mostafa), King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, PhD
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Ossama A. Mostafa
From the Ministry of Health (Alqahtani), Aseer, and from the College of Medicine (Shehata, Mostafa), King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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