The state of health in the Arab world, 1990-2010: An analysis of the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9914, 2014, Pages 309-320

  Mokdad, Ali H ^a   Jaber, Sara ^a   Abdel Aziz, Muna I ^b   Al Buhairan, Fadia ^c   Al Ghaithi, Abduljabbar ^d   Al Hamad, Nawal M ^e   Al Hooti, Suad N ^f   Al Jasari, Adel ^d   Al Mazroa, Mohammad A ^g   Al Qasmi, Ahmed Mohamed ^h   Alsowaidi, Shirina ⁱ   Asad, Majed ^j   Atkinson, Charles ^a   Badawi, Alaa ^k   Bakfalouni, Talal ^l   Barkia, Abdelaziz ^m   Biryukov, Stan ^a   El Bcheraoui, Charbel ^a   Daoud, Farah ^a   Forouzanfar, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Gonzalez Medina, Diego ^a   Hamadeh, Randah R ⁿ   Hsairi, Mohamed ^o   Hussein, Seifeddin Saleh ^j   Karam, Nadim ^q   Khalifa, Shams Eldin Ali Hassan ^p   Khoja, Tawfik A M ^r   Lami, Faris ^s   Leach Kemon, Katherine ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^g   Mokdad, Ali A ^a   Naghavi, Mohsen ^a   Nasher, Jamal ^d   Qasem, M Bassam Hijawi ^j   Shuaib, Mohammad ^t   Al Thani, Al Anoud M ^p   Al Thani, Mohamed H ^p   Zamakhshary, Mohammed ^g   Lopez, Alan D ^u   Murray, Christopher J L ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Public Health Institute   (Sudan)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Ministry of Public Health and Population   (Yemen)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^f KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

ⁱ UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^j Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

^k PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^l Ministry of Health   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^m Ministry of Health Morocco   (Morocco)

ⁿ ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^o National Institute of Public Health   (Tunisia)

^p Supreme Council of Health   (Qatar)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^r Health Minister's Council for Cooperation Council States   (Saudi Arabia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^t MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Iraq)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNDERWEIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892837897     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62189-3     Document Type: Article

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