Higher prevalence of smoking and lower BMI, waist circumference, cholesterol and triacylglyceride levels in Prague's homeless compared to a majority of the Czech population

BACKGROUND: Homeless people have higher morbidity and mortality rates than the general population. Research has shown that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in older homeless adults. This study was undertaken to describe the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the homeles...

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Autores principales: Kubisová, Dana, Adámková, Věra, Lánská, Věra, Dlouhý, Pavel, Rambousková, Jolana, Anděl, Michal
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1852796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17411429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-51

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1852796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17411429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-51

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