Weqaya: A population-wide cardiovascular screening program in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 909-914

  Hajat, Cother ^a   Harrison, Oliver ^a   Al Siksek, Zaid ^a  

^a Health Authority Abu Dhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861937962     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300290     Document Type: Article

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