Incidence and prevalence of circulatory diseases in Lebanon: A physician's inquiry

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-

  Jurjus, Abdo R ^a   Tohme, Rania A ^a   Ephrem, Georges ^a   Hussein, Inaya A Hajj ^a   Jurjus, Rosalyn ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEBANON; LETTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; ADULT; INCIDENCE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 65249111531     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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