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2007 ESH-ESC Practice Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension: ESH-ESC Task Force on the Management of Arterial Hypertension

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2007 Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension

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2007 Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the Management of Arterial Hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

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2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

scientific article published on June 18, 2013

2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: the Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

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2013 ESH/ESC Practice Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension

scientific article published on 20 December 2013

2013 ESH/ESC guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: the Task Force for the Management of Arterial Hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

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2016 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidaemias

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2016 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidaemias

article by Alberico L. Catapano et al published 27 August 2016 in European Heart Journal

2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

scientific article published on 27 June 2016

Achievement of lipoprotein goals among patients with metabolic syndrome at high cardiovascular risk across Europe. The EURIKA study

scientific article published on 5 November 2011

Achievement of treatment goals for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in clinical practice across Europe: the EURIKA study

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Adolescents' education and their diet recorded by 7-day food records

scientific article published in January 2006

Adverse Lifestyle Trends Counter Improvements in Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management in Coronary Patients

Adverse effects of statin therapy: perception vs. the evidence - focus on glucose homeostasis, cognitive, renal and hepatic function, haemorrhagic stroke and cataract

Age and gender related patterns in carotid-femoral PWV and carotid and femoral stiffness in a large healthy, middle-aged population

scientific article published in July 2008

Amplification of the pressure pulse in the upper limb in healthy, middle-aged men and women

scientific article published on 22 June 2009

Ankle brachial index combined with Framingham Risk Score to predict cardiovascular events and mortality: a meta-analysis

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Assessment of pressure wave reflection: getting the timing right!

scientific article published on 21 August 2007

Associations between dimensions of job stress and biomarkers of inflammation and infection

scientific article published on September 2005

Blood pressure is insufficiently controlled in European patients with established coronary heart disease

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

C-reactive protein levels in patients at cardiovascular risk: EURIKA study

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Cardiovascular prevention guidelines in daily practice: a comparison of EUROASPIRE I, II, and III surveys in eight European countries

scientific article published in March 2009

Cardiovascular risk factors: Belgian target achievement

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Cost-effectiveness of optimized adherence to prevention guidelines in European patients with coronary heart disease: Results from the EUROASPIRE IV survey

Cost-effectiveness of optimizing prevention in patients with coronary heart disease: the EUROASPIRE III health economics project

scientific article published on 26 July 2012

Day-to-day variability of global left ventricular functional and perfusional measurements by quantitative gated SPECT using Tc-99m tetrofosmin in patients with heart failure due to coronary artery disease

scientific article published in January 2004

Design and methodology of POWER, an open-label observation of the effect of primary care interventions on total cardiovascular risk in patients with hypertension

scientific article published on 4 November 2011

Determinants of ferritin and soluble transferrin receptors as iron status parameters in young adult women

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Diabetes mellitus in middle-aged people is associated with increased sick leave: the BELSTRESS study

scientific article published in January 2006

Dietary exposure to dioxin-like compounds in three age groups: results from the Flemish environment and health study

scientific article published on 27 August 2007

Dietary intakes and food sources of fatty acids for Belgian women, focused on n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

scientific article published in May 2006

Dietary sources of animal and plant protein intake among Flemish preschool children and the association with socio-economic and lifestyle-related factors

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Dietary sources of energy and macronutrient intakes among Flemish preschoolers

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Dietary sources of fiber intake and its association with socio-economic factors among Flemish preschool children

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Discriminative value of serum amyloid A and other acute-phase proteins for coronary heart disease

scientific article published on February 2002

Do inter-hospital comparisons of in-hospital, acute myocardial infarction case-fatality rates serve the purpose of fostering quality improvement? An evaluative study

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Do novel biomarkers add to existing scores of total cardiovascular risk?

scientific article published on August 1, 2012

Do psychosocial job resources buffer the relation between physical work demands and coronary heart disease? A prospective study among men.

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

Does pharmacologic treatment in patients with established coronary artery disease and diabetes fulfil guideline recommended targets? A report from the EUROASPIRE III cross-sectional study

scientific article published in April 2014

Dyslipidemia Management in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Data from the POLASPIRE Survey

scientific article published on 20 August 2021

ESC Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASD: the Task Force on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and developed in collab

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ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias

ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias

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ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: the Task Force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS).

scientific article published on 28 June 2011

EUROASPIRE III. Management of cardiovascular risk factors in asymptomatic high-risk patients in general practice: cross-sectional survey in 12 European countries

scientific article published on October 2010

EUROASPIRE III: a survey on the lifestyle, risk factors and use of cardioprotective drug therapies in coronary patients from 22 European countries

scientific article published in April 2009

Effect of eprosartan-based antihypertensive therapy on coronary heart disease risk assessed by Framingham methodology in Canadian patients: results of the POWER survey

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Epidemiological evidence for an association between habitual tea consumption and markers of chronic inflammation

scientific article published on 26 January 2006

Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease: Quo vadis?

scientific article published on January 2017

European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (version 2012). The Fifth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted

scientific article published on 3 May 2012

European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (version 2012): The Fifth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted

scientific article published on 14 May 2012

European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (version 2012) : the fifth joint task force of the European society of cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constitute

scientific article published in December 2012

European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice Third Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted by representatives of eight societies and by i

European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Third Joint Task Force Of European and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by representatives of eight societies and by

scientific article published in October 2004

European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Third Joint Task Force of European and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice

scientific article published in September 2003

European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Third Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted by representatives of eight societies and by

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European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: executive summary

scientific article published on 18 September 2007

European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: executive summary. Fourth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice ...

scientific article published in September 2007

European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: full text. Fourth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by rep

scientific article published in September 2007

European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: third joint task force of European and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by representatives of eight societies and by

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Evidence-based goals versus achievement in clinical practice in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: findings in EUROASPIRE II.

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Excess risk attributable to traditional cardiovascular risk factors in clinical practice settings across Europe - The EURIKA Study

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Exercise-induced myocardial ischemia is accompanied by increased serum creatine concentrations

scientific article published in April 2003

Fibre intake among the Belgian population by sex-age and sex-education groups and its association with BMI and waist circumference

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Food intakes by preschool children in Flanders compared with dietary guidelines

scientific article published on December 2008

Food sources and correlates of sodium and potassium intakes in Flemish pre-school children

scientific article published on 6 October 2011

Gender differences in the implementation of cardiovascular prevention measures after an acute coronary event

scientific article published on November 2010

Guidelines on the management of stable angina pectoris: executive summary: The Task Force on the Management of Stable Angina Pectoris of the European Society of Cardiology

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Guía de práctica clínica de la ESC sobre diabetes, prediabetes y enfermedad cardiovascular, en colaboración con la European Association for the Study of Diabetes

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Guía de práctica clínica de la ESH/ESC para el manejo de la hipertensión arterial (2013)

Guía de práctica clínica de la ESH/ESC para el manejo de la hipertensión arterial (2013)

Guías de práctica clínica para el tratamiento de la hipertensión arterial 2007

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Helicobacter pylori infection: further evidence for the role of feco-oral transmission

scientific article published on December 2006

High dietary supplement intakes among Flemish preschoolers

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High job strain and ambulatory blood pressure in middle-aged men and women from the Belgian job stress study

scientific article published in April 2007

How much does HDL cholesterol add to risk estimation? A report from the SCORE Investigators.

scientific article published in June 2009

How to improve screening in first-degree relatives of patients with premature coronary heart disease

scientific article published in October 2006

Impact of recurrent changes in the work environment on nurses' psychological well-being and sickness absence

scientific article published on December 2006

Increased absenteeism from work among aware and treated hypertensive and hypercholesterolaemic patients

scientific article published in April 2006

Incremental prognostic value of combined perfusion and function assessment during myocardial gated SPECT in patients aged 75 years or older

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Job stress and depression symptoms in middle-aged workers--prospective results from the Belstress study

scientific article published in August 2007

Lack of control of hypertension in primary cardiovascular disease prevention in Europe: Results from the EURIKA study

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Lifestyle and risk factor management in people at high cardiovascular risk from Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania and the United Kingdom who participated in both the EUROASPIRE III and IV primary care surveys

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Lifestyle behaviour and risk factor control in coronary patients: Belgian results from the cross-sectional EUROASPIRE surveys

scientific article published on 19 February 2018

Long-term changes in the perception of job characteristics: results from the Belstress II--study

scientific article published in September 2006

Low rates of both lipid-lowering therapy use and achievement of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol targets in individuals at high-risk for cardiovascular disease across Europe

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Management of overweight and obese patients with coronary heart disease across Europe

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Measures of work-family conflict predict sickness absence from work

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New Strategies for the Development of Lipid Lowering Therapies to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk

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Noninvasive (input) impedance, pulse wave velocity, and wave reflection in healthy middle-aged men and women

scientific article published on 2 April 2007

Occupational and leisure time physical activity in contrasting relation to ambulatory blood pressure

scientific article published on 20 November 2012

One-year and longer dual antiplatelet therapy after an acute coronary syndrome: a Belgian position paper

scientific article published in February 2017

Overweight and obesity in patients with established coronary heart disease: are we meeting the challenge?

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Patients with coronary artery disease and diabetes need improved management: a report from the EUROASPIRE IV survey: a registry from the EuroObservational Research Programme of the European Society of Cardiology

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Perinatal outcome of twin pregnancies in women of advanced age.

scientific article published on 10 June 2008

Pharmacotherapy in patients with chronic coronary syndromes over a 20-year period (1997-2017)

scientific article published on 03 September 2020

Physical Activity Status in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: Results From the Cross-Sectional EUROASPIRE Surveys

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

Plant and animal protein intake and its association with overweight and obesity among the Belgian population

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Plant sterols and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Plant sterols and plant stanols in the management of dyslipidaemia and prevention of cardiovascular disease

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Plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide concentration predicts coronary events in men at work: a report from the BELSTRESS study

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Predictive ability of the SCORE Belgium risk chart for cardiovascular mortality

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Predictive value of classical risk factors and their control in coronary patients: a follow-up of the EUROASPIRE I cohort

scientific article published in August 2003

Pregnancy outcome in primiparae of advanced maternal age.

scientific article published on 22 November 2006

Prevalence and correlates of erectile dysfunction in a population-based study in Belgium

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Prevalence and management of familial hypercholesterolaemia in coronary patients: An analysis of EUROASPIRE IV, a study of the European Society of Cardiology

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Prevalence and treatment of atherogenic dyslipidemia in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in Europe: EURIKA, a cross-sectional observational study

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Prevention of cardiovascular disease guided by total risk estimations--challenges and opportunities for practical implementation: highlights of a CardioVascular Clinical Trialists (CVCT) Workshop of the ESC Working Group on CardioVascular Pharmacolo

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Prevention of cardiovascular disease: new guidelines, new tools, but challenges remain

scientific article published on 25 March 2014

Prospective evaluation of the oxygen uptake efficiency slope as a submaximal predictor of peak oxygen uptake in aged patients with ischemic heart disease

scientific article published in August 2006

Rationale and methods of the European Study on Cardiovascular Risk Prevention and Management in Daily Practice (EURIKA).

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Rationale, design, methods and baseline characteristics of the Asklepios Study

scientific article published in April 2007

Readiness for smoking cessation in coronary heart disease patients across Europe: Results from the EUROASPIRE III survey

scientific article published on 16 December 2014

Recalibration and validation of the SCORE risk chart in the Australian population: the AusSCORE chart

scientific article published on October 2009

Recomendações Europeias para a prevenção da doença cardiovascular na prática clínica (versão de 2012)

Recurrent changes in the work environment, job resources and distress among nurses: a comparative cross-sectional survey

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Regular exercise behaviour and intention and symptoms of anxiety and depression in coronary heart disease patients across Europe: Results from the EUROASPIRE III survey

scientific article published on September 2016

Relationship of perceived job stress to total coronary risk in a cohort of working men and women in Belgium

scientific article published in October 2003

Relationships between body mass index, cardiovascular mortality, and risk factors: a report from the SCORE investigators

scholarly article by Alexandra Dudina et al published 3 June 2011 in European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Relative validity and reproducibility of a food-frequency questionnaire for estimating food intakes among Flemish preschoolers

scientific article published on 22 January 2009

Reproducibility and validity of a diet quality index for children assessed using a FFQ.

scientific article published on 10 March 2010

Residual risk of cardiovascular mortality in patients with coronary heart disease: the EUROASPIRE risk categories

scientific article published on 14 November 2012

Response of the oxygen uptake efficiency slope to exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure

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Risk factors for primary ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Risk stratification in cardiovascular disease primary prevention - scoring systems, novel markers, and imaging techniques

scientific article published on 05 January 2012

Screening for dysglycaemia in patients with coronary artery disease as reflected by fasting glucose, oral glucose tolerance test, and HbA1c: a report from EUROASPIRE IV--a survey from the European Society of Cardiology

scientific article published on 9 February 2015

Serum uric acid levels are associated with cardiovascular risk score: A post hoc analysis of the EURIKA study

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Smoking cessation in patients with established coronary artery disease: data from the POLASPIRE survey

scholarly article by Paweł Kozieł et al published 23 April 2021 in Kardiologia Polska

Survey of physicians' practices in the control of cardiovascular risk factors: the EURIKA study

scientific article published on 18 April 2011

The Differential Impact of Job Isostrain and Home-Work Interference on Indicators of Physical and Mental Health in Women and Men

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

The Prognostic Value of Fasting Plasma Glucose, Two-Hour Postload Glucose, and HbA1c in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Report From EUROASPIRE IV: A Survey From the European Society of Cardiology

scientific article published on 21 June 2017

The SCORE model in the POWER study: an attempt to focus the limited resources for prevention on patients with greatest need

scientific article published in November 2007

The association between blood pressure and lipid levels in Europe: European Study on Cardiovascular Risk Prevention and Management in Usual Daily Practice

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

The association between leisure time physical activity and coronary heart disease among men with different physical work demands: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on January 18, 2013

The combined relationship of occupational and leisure-time physical activity with all-cause mortality among men, accounting for physical fitness

scientific article published on 3 December 2013

The gap between food-based dietary guidelines and usual food consumption in Belgium, 2004.

scientific article published on 22 April 2008

The gender gap in risk factor control: Effects of age and education on the control of cardiovascular risk factors in male and female coronary patients. The EUROASPIRE IV study by the European Society of Cardiology

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The impact of psychosocial factors on low back pain: longitudinal results from the Belstress study

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The importance of plasma apolipoprotein E concentration in addition to its common polymorphism on inter-individual variation in lipid levels: results from Apo Europe

scientific article published in December 2002

The perception of work stressors is related to reduced parasympathetic activity

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The prevalence of concomitant hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia in the general population

scientific article published on 4 November 2005

The relation of ambulatory heart rate with all-cause mortality among middle-aged men: a prospective cohort study

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The role of whole blood viscosity in premature coronary artery disease in women

scientific article published in December 2002

Time Trends in Lifestyle, Risk Factor Control, and Use of Evidence-Based Medications in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease in Europe: Results From 3 EUROASPIRE Surveys, 1999-2013.

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Time-saving screening for diabetes in patients with coronary artery disease: a report from EUROASPIRE IV.

scientific article published on 08 December 2016

Treatment potential for dyslipidaemia management in patients with coronary heart disease across Europe: findings from the EUROASPIRE III survey

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Undetected dysglycaemia common in primary care patients treated for hypertension and/or dyslipidaemia: on the need for a screening strategy in clinical practice. A report from EUROASPIRE IV a registry from the EuroObservational Research Programme of

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Use and effects of cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary heart disease: results from the EUROASPIRE III survey

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Use of benzodiazepine drugs and perceived job stress in a cohort of working men and women in Belgium. Results from the BELSTRESS-study

scientific article published in July 2004

VE/VCO2 slope and oxygen uptake efficiency slope in patients with coronary artery disease and intermediate peakVO2.

scientific article published in December 2006

Validity and reproducibility of a semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire for estimating calcium intake in Belgian preschool children

scientific article published in April 2006

Validity of parentally reported weight and height for preschool-aged children in Belgium and its impact on classification into body mass index categories

scientific article published in November 2006

Variation in energy and nutrient intakes among pre-school children: implications for study design

scientific article published on 4 June 2008

[Practice guidelines 2007 for the treatment of arterial hypertension]

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