Profile of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors Among Employees at a Saudi University |
Amin, Tarek Tawfik
(Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University)
Al Sultan, Ali Ibrahim (Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Dammam University) Mostafa, Ola Abdelmoniem (Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University) Darwish, Amr Ahmed (Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University) Al-Naboli, Mohamed Rashad (Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University) |
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