Quantity and quality of obesity-related research in Arab countries: Assessment and comparative analysis

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sweileh, Waleed M ^a   Zyoud, Sa'ed H ^a   Al Jabi, Samah W ^a   Sawalha, Ansam F ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Arab countries; Bibliometric; ISI Web of Science; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGYPT; HUMAN; IRAN; ISRAEL; KUWAIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SAUDI ARABIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIBLIOMETRICS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH;

EID: 84903800676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-33     Document Type: Article

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