The Emirates Economist

Economic analysis of events in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf

Thursday, February 24, 2005

Adoption of western lifestyle blamed for rise in vascular disease in Middle East - Khaleej Times

posted by John B. Chilton at 2/24/2005 10:29:00 PM

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home

About Me

My Photo
Name: John B. Chilton
Location: Orkney Springs, Virginia, United States

View my complete profile

  • Main

    •  Subscribe in a reader


  • 'I can tell you one thing, my favorite Dubai blog is Emirates Economist.' - Tyler Cowen

    'Chilton is a good-guy economist' - Newmark's Door

    'I can see you won't be the Ralph Nader of the Emirates' - Scott of Hybla

    'Seriously, is this for real? If so, it's utterly hilarious, and very peculiar. I am not sure what to say.' - Tucker Max

    JB Chilton at google scholar

    UAE Background

    • Human Rights Watch
    • IMF
    • Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies
    • US State Dept

    UAE Government

    • indexUAE-Government
    • UAE-The Official Website
    • WAM-Emirates News Agency

    Local & Regional Blogs

    • Apple Shisha
    • Experiencing the Emirates
    • Global Voices/UAE
    • Grape Shisha
    • itoot
    • Life in Dubai
    • Gulf Economy
    • Mahmood's Den
    • The Muscatis
    • newsBriefsOman
    • Out and About in Dubai
    • Secret Dubai
    • Suq Al Mal
    • twitter of UAE bloggers
    • UAE community blog

    Local & Regional MSM

    • 7days.ae
    • ArabianBusiness.com
    • Arab News
    • Emirates Business 24|7
    • Emirates Today
    • Financial Times - Mideast Edition
    • Gulf News
    • Khaleej Times
    • The National

    Economics Blog Favorites

    • Adam Smith Institute
    • Aplia
    • Becker-Posner
    • The Big Questions
    • Carpe Diem
    • Charter Cities (Paul Romer)
    • Chris Blattman
    • CBO Director's Blog
    • CoreEcon
    • Dear Economist (Tim Harford)
    • Division of Labour
    • The EclectEcon
    • Econbrowser
    • EconLog
    • Economics Blogs (via NABE)
    • Free Exchange|Economist.com
    • Greg Mankiw
    • Keith Hennessey
    • Knowledge Problem
    • Marginal Revolution
    • Market Power
    • New Economist
    • Newmark's Door
    • Organizations and Markets
    • Overcoming Bias
    • Wiki - Economics Blogs

    Sundry Fellow Travelers

    • Best of the Web - Taranto
    • Daniel Drezner
    • Hispanicpundit
    • Instapundit
    • Pajamas Media
    • The Browser
    • TigerHawk
    • Virginia Postrel

    Previous

    • Asian workers file plaint - Khaleej TimesQUOTE. Sp...
    • Car number auction - Khaleej Times QUOTE. DUBAI —...
    • UAE Labor Minister to staff: you are not traders -...
    • Civic bodies will lead to polls in Sharjah: Sultan...
    • More women take to driving cabs in Fujairah - Gulf...
    • Landlord doubles apartment rents - Gulf News QUOT...
    • Rent can be increased only after 3 years - Sharjah...
    • Along the coastal road to Khasab, Musandam, Oman 
    • Google "library" sparks French warcry - ReutersFre...
    • Never misplace your glasses again - Pierced Glasse...

    Powered by Blogger