The Qatar Biobank: Background and methods Chronic Disease epidemiology

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Al Kuwari, Hanan ^a   Al Thani, Asma ^b   Al Marri, Ajayeb ^a   Al Kaabi, Abdulla ^c   Abderrahim, Hadi ^d   Afifi, Nahla ^d   Qafoud, Fatima ^d   Chan, Queenie ^e   Tzoulaki, Ioanna ^e   Downey, Paul ^e   Ward, Heather ^e   Murphy, Neil ^e   Riboli, Elio ^e   Elliott, Paul ^e  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b Qatar University ^*  (Qatar)

^c SIDRA MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Qatar)

^d Qatar Biobank for Medical Research   (Qatar)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biobank; Cohort study; Obesity; Population health; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIOBANK; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRY; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; QATAR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; QATAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949560863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2522-7     Document Type: Article

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