Nutrition in the Eastern Mediterranean Region of the World Health Organization

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL, 2009, Pages

  Bagchi, Kunal ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE EAST; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, NORTHERN; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84875139408     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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