Some risk factors for hypertension in the United Arab Emirates

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 610-619

  Sabri, S ^a   Bener, A ^b   Eapen, V ^a   Abu Zeid, M S O ^c   Al Mazrouei, A M ^d   Singh, J ^e  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Health Authority Abu Dhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 28444489273     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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