Roma coronary heart disease patients have more medical risk factors and greater severity of coronary heart disease than non-Roma

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-415

  Sudzinova, A ^a,b   Nagyova, I ^b   Studencan, M ^a   Rosenberger, J ^b   Skodova, Z ^c   Vargova, H ^a,b   Middel, B ^d   Reijneveld, S A ^d   Van Dijk, J P ^b,d  

^a East Slovakian Institute for Cardiac and Vascular Diseases   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c University Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary heart disease; Medical risk factors; Roma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROMANI (PEOPLE); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLOVAKIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLOVAKIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878692827     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0462-5     Document Type: Article

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