A profile and approach to chronic disease in Abu Dhabi

Globalization and Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hajat, Cother ^a   Harrison, Oliver ^a   Shather, Zainab ^a  

^a Health Authority Abu Dhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIFESTYLE; MODERNIZATION; NOMADIC PEOPLE; URBANIZATION;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLIMATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84862740840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-8-18     Document Type: Review

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