Preventable lifestyle risk factors for non-communicable diseases in the Pakistan Adolescents Schools Study 1 (PASS-1).

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Published in J Prev Med Public Health on September 01, 2011

Authors

Ali Khan Khuwaja1, Saleem Khawaja, Komal Motwani, Adeel Akbar Khoja, Iqbal Syed Azam, Zafar Fatmi, Badar Sabir Ali, Muhammad Masood Kadir

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. ali.khuwaja@aku.edu

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