Hyperglycaemia, hypertension and their risk factors among Palestine refugees served by UNRWA;Hyperglycémie, hypertension artérielle et facteurs de risque de ces maladies chez les réfugiés palestiniens pris en charge par l'UNRWA

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 460-465

  Mousa, H S A ^a   Yousef, S ^a   Riccardo, F ^a   Zeidan, W ^a   Sabatinelli, G ^a  

^a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JORDAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE EAST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 77953747882     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.6.609     Document Type: Article

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