Health effects of human population isolation and admixture

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 526-531

  Rudan, Igor ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROATIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POPULATION; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ETHNIC GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 33747869290     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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