Prevalence of selected chronic, noncommunicable disease risk factors in jordan: Results of the 2007 jordan behavioral risk factor surveillance survey

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Al Nsour, Mohannad ^a   Zindah, Meyasser ^a   Belbeisi, Adel ^a   Hadaddin, Raja ^a   Brown, David W ^b   Walke, Henry ^c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

^b The Brown Consulting Group   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JORDAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JORDAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861168963     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.110077     Document Type: Article

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