Determinants of cardiovascular disease and other non-communicable diseases in Central and Eastern Europe: rationale and design of the HAPIEE study.

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Published in BMC Public Health on October 18, 2006

Authors

Anne Peasey1, Martin Bobak, Ruzena Kubinova, Sofia Malyutina, Andrzej Pajak, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Hynek Pikhart, Amanda Nicholson, Michael Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: International Institute for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK. a.peasey@ucl.ac.uk

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