Importing health conditions of expatriate workers into the United Arab Emirates

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Newson Smith, Mark S ^a  

^a Emirates National Oil Company LTD   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

diabetes; expatriates; hypertension; obesity; public health

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; PETROLEUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROLEUM; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953817784     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510373021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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