Obesity in Jordan

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 624-628

  Ajlouni, K ^a   Jaddou, H ^b   Batieha, A ^b  

^a National Center for Diabetes Endocrinology and Genetics Jordan   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; JORDAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

JORDANIA;

EID: 0031809150     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800637     Document Type: Article

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