Fall of the iron curtain: male life expectancy in slovakia, in the czech republic and in europe

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 171-174

  Ginter, Emil ^a,c   Simko, Vladimir ^b   Wsolova, Ladislava ^a  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular mortality; Change after 1989; Czech and slovak republics; Europe; Life expectancy; Roma minority

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649085484     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3531     Document Type: Article

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