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DIABETES MELLITUS PREVALENCE AMONG TRADITIONAL ROMA WOMEN IN SERBIA: RESPONSE TO ČVOROVIČ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2019

Marisa A. Nunes  and
Jan Brož Open the ORCID record for Jan Brož [Opens in a new window]
Marisa A. Nunes
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Motol, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Jan Brož*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Motol, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Keywords

Diabetes mellitusPrevalenceRoma ethnic
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , May 2019 , pp. 467 - 468
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