Epidemiological transition of some diseases in Oman: A situational analysis

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 209-218

  Ganguly, S S ^a   Al Shafaee, M A ^a   Al Lawati, J A ^b   Dutta, P K ^a   Duttagupta, K K ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIPHTHERIA; DISABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OMAN; PERTUSSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TETANUS; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OMAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67649868305     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.1.209     Document Type: Article

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