Is the cardiovascular risk profile of people living in Roma settlements worse in comparison with the majority population in Slovakia?

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 417-425

  Babinska, Ingrid ^a   Veselska, Zuzana Dankulincova ^a   Bobakova, Daniela ^a   Pella, Daniel ^b   Panico, Salvatore ^c   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^d   Jarcuska, Peter ^b   Jarcuska, Pavol ^a   Zezula, Ivan ^a   Geckova, Andrea Madarasova ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological risk factors; Cardiovascular diseases; Ethnicity; Participatory approach; Roma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROMANI (PEOPLE); SLOVAKIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOVAKIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878704144     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0463-4     Document Type: Article

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