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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.

Noor, Sufian K., Departments of Medicine, Nile Valley University, Atbara, Sudan

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal Vol. 15 No. 4 (2015): November - Original Studies
The Changing Pattern of Hospital Admission to Medical Wards : Burden of non-communicable diseases at a hospital in a developing country
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