Health status of the Pakistani population: A health profile and comparison with the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-98

  Pappas, G ^a   Akhtar, T ^a   Gergen, P J ^a   Hadden, W C ^a   Khan, A Q ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALNUTRITION; PAKISTAN; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035161909     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.91.1.93     Document Type: Article

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