Mortality of Roma population in Serbia, 2002-2005

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 720-726

  Bogdanović, Dragan ^a,d   Nikić, Dragana ^b   Petrović, Branislav ^b   Kocić, Biljana ^b   Jovanović, Jovica ^b,c   Nikolić, Maja ^b   Milošević, Zoran ^b  

^a Public Health Institute Ni   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^c Institute for Health Protection of Workers Ni   (Serbia)

^d NONE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 35648967555     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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