Political changes and trends in cardiovascular risk factors in the Czech Republic, 1985-92.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on June 01, 1997

Authors

M Bobak1, Z Skodova, Z Pisa, R Poledne, M Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School.

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