Some cardiovascular risk factors in Gypsy children and adolescents from Central Slovakia

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 233-239

  Hujova Z ^a   Desatnikova, J ^a   Gabor, D ^a  

^a MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Atherosclerosis; Children; Cholesterol; Ethnicity; Gypsy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GIPSY; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SLOVAKIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84872125925     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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