The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 55-63

  Ghabrah, Tawfik M ^a   Bahnassy, Ahmed A ^a   Abalkhail, Bahaa A ^a   Al Bar, Hussein M ^a   Milaat, Waleed A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Saudi Arabia.; school students

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644280314     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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