Prevalence and correlates of major chronic illnesses among older Kuwaiti nationals in two governorates

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-112

  Shah, Nasra M ^a   Behbehani, Jaafar ^a   Shah, Makhdoom A ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chronic illnesses; Diabetes prevalence; Heart disease prevalence; Hypertension prevalence; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PENSIONER; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

AGED; ARABS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KUWAIT; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 76949086904     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000273069     Document Type: Article

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