Relationships between blood pressure polymorphism of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), body composition and biochemical characteristics in elderly Slovaks

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-209

  Siváková, Daniela ^a   Lajdová, Alica ^a   Bašistová, Zuzana ^a   Cvív̌elová, Marta ^a   Karabovaá, Patrícia ^a   Blažíček, Pavel ^b  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b Metabolic Clinic of the Military Hospital   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

ACE I D polymorphism; Adiposity measures; Elderly Slovaks; Hypertension; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849102031     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/aa/66/2008/199     Document Type: Article

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