Knowledge of nutrition and coronary heart disease in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 467-473

  Bani, Ibrahim A ^a   Hashim, Talal J ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING HABIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; DIETARY FATS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING;

EID: 0032728679     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018798723532     Document Type: Article

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