Cardiovascular risk factor trends in the Eastern Mediterranean region: evidence from four countries is alarming

Sozmen, Kaan; ÜNAL, BELGİN; Saidi, Olfa; Ben Romdhane, Habiba; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen; Husseini, Abdullatif; Fouad, Fouad; Maziak, Wasim; Bennett, Kathleen; O'Flaherty, Martin; Capewell, Simon; Critchley, Julia

doi:10.1007/s00038-014-0610-6

Cardiovascular risk factor trends in the Eastern Mediterranean region: evidence from four countries is alarming

Sozmen K., ÜNAL B., Saidi O., Ben Romdhane H., Abu-Rmeileh N. M. E., Husseini A., ...Daha Fazla

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.60, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 60
Basım Tarihi: 2015
Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00038-014-0610-6
Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
Anahtar Kelimeler: Trend, Risk factors, Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes, Obesity, Smoking
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Many Eastern Mediterranean countries are undergoing dramatic socioeconomic, demographic and life style changes and face noncommunicable disease (NCD) epidemics. We evaluated recent trends in major NCD risk factors in occupied Palestinian territories (OPT), Turkey, Syria and Tunisia.