Excess winter mortality of Roma population in Serbia, 1992-2007

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-138

  Blagojević, Ljiljana M ^a   Bogdanović, Dragan C ^b   Jović, Sladjana J ^a   Milošević, Zoran G ^a   Dolićanin, Zana Ć ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b State University of Novi Pazar   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Housing conditions; Mortality; Respiratory diseases; Roma population; Winter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864258199     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3711     Document Type: Article

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