The curse of wealth - Middle Eastern countries need to address the rapidly rising burden of diabetes

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 109-114

  Klautzer, Lisa ^a   Becker, Joachim ^b   Mattke, Soeren ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Diabetes; Health related behavior; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002062828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2014.33     Document Type: Article

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