Modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among adults in Aleppo, Syria

Radwan Al Ali (), Samer Rastam, Fouad Fouad, Fawaz Mzayek and Wasim Maziak

International Journal of Public Health, 2011, vol. 56, issue 6, 653-662

Abstract: Adults in Syria have some of the world’s highest prevalence of CVD risk factors. Unhealthy behaviors and social norms unfavorable to women may explain some of such risk profiles. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2011

Keywords: Cardiovascular risk factors; Adults; Smoking; Syria; Eastern Mediterranean (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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