Diet and prevention of coronary heart disease in the Arab Middle East countries

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages 9-16

  Musaiger, Abdulrahman O ^a  

^a Bahrain Center for Studies and Research   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; FLUORIDE; IRON; SODIUM;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ENERGY BALANCE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GRAIN; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE EAST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SODIUM INTAKE; VEGETABLE;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; FOOD HABITS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; ISLAM; MIDDLE EAST; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036440761     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066415     Document Type: Conference Paper

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