Distribution and prevalence of major risk factors of noncommunicable diseases in selected countries: The WHO Inter-Health Programme

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-108

  Berrios, X ^a   Koponen, T ^b   Huiguang, T ^c   Khaltaev, N ^d   Puska, P ^e   Nissinen, A ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Food Safety Contr and Inspection I   (China)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYPRUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; MAURITIUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMOKING; TANZANIA; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AMERICAS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHILE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASES; CYPRUS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; EASTERN ASIA; EASTERN EUROPE; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EUROPE; FINLAND; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LATIN AMERICA; LITHUANIA; MALTA; MAURITIUS; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; ORGANIZATIONS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TANZANIA; UN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN ASIA; WHO;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030926609     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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