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International Journal of Community & Family Medicine Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJCFM-120, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2016/120
Research Article
A Cross-Sectional Study of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Barriers Regarding Blood Donation among General Population in Kuwait

Taibah Al-Haqqan, Aisha Husain, Noor Al-Kandari, Laila Al-Rashidi, Nourah Al-Daihani, Amal K. Mitra*

Department of Community Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Prof. Amal K. Mitra, Department of Community Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Tel: (965) 2463 6539; E-mail: amitra@hsc.edu.kw
07 October 2016; 23 November 2016; 25 November 2016
Al-Haqqan T, Husain A, Al-Kandari N, Al-Rashidi L, Al-Daihani N, et al. (2016) A Cross-Sectional Study of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Barriers Regarding Blood Donation among General Population in Kuwait. Int J Community Fam Med 1: 120. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2016/120
© 2016 Al-Haqqan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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