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The burden of overweight and obesity in the Asia–Pacific region

Obesity Reviews, 2007
Summary The rise in the prevalence of overweight and obesity (body mass index ≥25 kg m −2 ) is, in part, a negative consequence of the increasing economic developments of many lower‐ and middle‐income countries in the Asia–Pacific region.
Lee, C., Martiniuk, A., Woodward, M., Feigin, V., Gu, D., Jamrozik, K., Lam, T., Mhurchu, C., Pan, W., Suh, I., Ueshima, H., Woo, J., Huxley, R.   +12 more
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Harm reduction programmes in the Asia–Pacific Region

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2008
AbstractIntroduction and Aims. This paper reports on the public health intervention of harm reduction to address drug use issues in the Asia – Pacific region. Design and Methods. It is based on the report ‘Situational analysis of illicit drug issues and responses in Asia and the Pacific’, commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs Asia ...
Reid, Gary, Devaney, Madonna L., Baldwin, Simon   +2 more
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Efficacy and safety of sorafenib in patients in the Asia-Pacific region with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase III randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

The Lancet Oncology, 2009
A. Cheng, Yoon-Koo Kang, Zhendong Chen, C. Tsao, S. Qin, Jun Suk Kim, R. Luo, Jifeng Feng, S. Ye, Tsai‐Sheng Yang, Jianming Xu, Yan Sun, Houjie Liang, Jiwei Liu, Jie-jun Wang, W. Tak, H. Pan, K. Burock, J. Zou, D. Voliotis, Z. Guan   +20 more
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The EU’s engagement in the Asia-Pacific region

2019
This chapter deals with the ways in which the European Union (EU) responds to the dynamics of the wider region, specifically by consolidating its relationship with the Asia-Pacific and providing a comprehensive approach to Asia. It discusses the extent to which the perspectives for EU engagement would be limited if its allies and partners see it as ...
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Health informatics in the Asia Pacific region

International Journal of Medical Informatics, 1999
Although health informatics has been an established science in some Asia Pacific countries since the 1970s, its current degree of awareness among countries in this region can largely be attributed to the efforts of the Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics.
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The relevance of economic freedom for energy, environment, and economic growth in Asia-Pacific region

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021
M. T. Mahmood, Sadaf Shahab, M. Shahbaz
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Assessing energy efficiency in the Asia-Pacific region and the mediating role of environmental pollution: evidence from a super-efficiency model with a weighting preference scheme

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021
Zulfiqar Ali Baloch, Qingmei Tan, M. Khan, Y. Alfakhri, H. Raza   +4 more
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Workplace Diversity in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Review of Literature and Directions for Future Research

Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2021
Xingwen Chen, Li Zhu, Chao Liu, Chunhua Chen, Jun Liu, Dong-xia Huo   +5 more
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Liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma in the Asia-Pacific region: burden, trends, challenges and future directions

Nature reviews: Gastroenterology & hepatology
L. Mak, Ken Liu, S. Chirapongsathorn, Kuo Chao Yew, N. Tamaki, R. Rajaram, Mara Teresa T Panlilio, Rashid N Lui, H. Lee, J. C. Lai, Anand V. Kulkarni, M. Premkumar, C. Lesmana, Yao-Chun Hsu, Daniel Q. Huang   +14 more
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Dementia in the Asia-Pacific Region

Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
Colin, Binns, Wah Yun, Low
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