Obesity and diabetes in Jordan: Findings from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system, 2004

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Zindah, Meyasser ^d   Belbeisi, Adel ^e   Walke, Henry ^a   Mokdad, Ali H ^b,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Surveillance Branch   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d Noncommunicable Disease Department   (Jordan)

^e Jordan Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; JORDAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; JORDAN; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84979518671     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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