Diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obesity - Common multifactorial disorders in Saudis

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1236-1242

  Warsy, A S ^a   El Hazmi, M A F ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033232286     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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