AN ANALYSIS OF THE HEALTH STATUS OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: THE ‘BIG 4’ PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES

Background: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a rapidly developing country composed of a multinational population with varying educational backgrounds, religious beliefs, and cultural practices, which pose a challenge for population-based public health strategies.A number of public health issues significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality S

The domestication syndrome HA-180 already recognized by Darwin shows that domesticated species acquire a number of novel morphological, physiological and behavioral characteristics not present in their wild ancestors.Because body size and sexual size dimorphism (SSD) are essential characteristics of species that affect most aspects of their li