Global concerns fast requiring local action!

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1-2

  Zaini, A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; URBANIZATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 38549166587     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053950701900301     Document Type: Editorial

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