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Prevalence of coronary risk factors in healthy adult Kuwaitis

Robert T. Jackson, Zamzam Al-Mousa, Montaha Al-Raqua, Prasanna Prakash, Ali Muhanna Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, 3303 Marie Mount Hall, College Park, MD 20742, USA; Community Nutrition Unit, Ministry of Health, PO Box 35565, Al-Shaab 36056, Kuwait, Kuwait
Pages 301-311 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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