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Nutritional status and its determinants in the Eastern Mediterranean region. A review

Emad A. Al-Shameri, Ahmed H. Al-Shahethi and Sharifah W. Wafa
Saudi Medical Journal April 2022, 43 (4) 423-427; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.4.20210676
Emad A. Al-Shameri
From the School of Nutrition and Dietetics (Al-Shameri, Wafa), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu; and from the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (Al-Shahethi), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Ahmed H. Al-Shahethi
From the School of Nutrition and Dietetics (Al-Shameri, Wafa), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu; and from the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (Al-Shahethi), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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From the School of Nutrition and Dietetics (Al-Shameri, Wafa), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu; and from the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (Al-Shahethi), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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vol. 43 no. 4 423-427
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.4.20210676
PubMed 
35414622

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received October 27, 2021
  • Accepted January 17, 2022
  • Published online April 12, 2022.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Emad A. Al-Shameri, BSN, MSN,⇑,
  2. Ahmed H. Al-Shahethi, MPh, PhD,⇑ and
  3. Sharifah W. Wafa, MSc, PhD.⇑
  1. From the School of Nutrition and Dietetics (Al-Shameri, Wafa), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu; and from the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (Al-Shahethi), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Sharifah W. Wafa, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia. E-mail: sharifahwajihah{at}unisza.edu.my ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1791-2714
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Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2022, 43 (4) 423-427; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.4.20210676

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