Citation: Saleh Hadi Alharbi, Fahad A. Alateeq, Ibrahim Bin Ahmed, AbdulRahman Ali A. Alsogair, Yousef Duhaim A. Al-Rashdi, Thamer Z. Aldugieman, Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed. Assessment of levels of awareness towards blood donation in Saudi Arabia[J]. AIMS Public Health, 2018, 5(3): 324-337. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2018.3.324
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