High cardiovascular mortality in postcommunist countries: Participation of oxidative stress?

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-189

  Ginter, Emil ^a  

^a INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cardiovascular mortality; Life expectancy; Oxidative stress; Pollution; Postcommunist countries; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DIET; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNISM; DIET; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0029924001     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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