About Journal

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, an internationally peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal, is published quarterly online with free access to full text articles. Its aims are: to be an internationally recognised regional medium of biomedical communication; to encourage medical research and publication in Oman, the Gulf and further afield; and to create awareness of new developments among health professionals in Oman and beyond.

SQUMJ is indexed in PubMed, SCOPUS, the Directory of Open Access Journals, the Al Manhal database of Arab journals and the WHO Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region.

Al-Sharbati, Marwan, Departments of Behavioural Medicine, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal Vol. 15 No. 2 (2015): May - Sounding Boards
Underlying Factors Behind the Low Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Oman : Sociocultural perspective
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