Non-communicable diseases in the Arab world

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9914, 2014, Pages 356-367

  Abdul Rahim, Hanan F ^a   Sibai, Abla ^b   Khader, Yousef ^c   Hwalla, Nahla ^b   Fadhil, Ibtihal ^d   Alsiyabi, Huda ^e   Mataria, Awad ^d   Mendis, Shanthi ^f   Mokdad, Ali H ^g   Husseini, Abdullatif ^a,h  

^a Qatar University ^*  (Qatar)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^d WHO   (Egypt)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ARAB; BAHRAIN; COMOROS; COST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; DISABILITY; DJIBOUTI; EGYPT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IRAQ; JORDAN; KUWAIT; LEBANON; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAURITANIA; MORBIDITY; MOROCCO; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SOMALIA; SUDAN; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; TUNISIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YEMEN;

EID: 84892835657     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62383-1     Document Type: Review

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