Preventing type 2 diabetes among Palestinians: Comparing five future policy scenarios

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Abu Rmeileh, Niveen M E ^a   Husseini, Abdullatif ^a,b   Capewell, Simon ^c   O'Flaherty, Martin ^c  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 84892581084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003558     Document Type: Article

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