Projected burden of chronic, noncommunicable diseases in Jordan

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Brown, David W ^a   Mokdad, Ali H ^b   Walke, Henry ^c   As'ad, Majed ^d   Al Nsour, Mohannad ^d   Zindah, Meyasser ^d   Arqoob, Kamal ^d   Belbeisi, Adel ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Jordan Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JORDAN; LETTER; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JORDAN; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK;

EID: 66449099066     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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