Higher prevalence of smoking and lower BMI, waist circumference, cholesterol and triacylglyceride levels in Prague's homeless compared to a majority of the Czech population

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kubisová, Dana ^a   Adámková, Věra ^b   Lánská, Věra ^b   Dlouhý, Pavel ^a   Rambousková, Jolana ^a   Anděl, Michal ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34247210121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-51     Document Type: Article

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