Celiac Diseases – Global Demographic Context and Slovakia

Kvetoslava Rimarova^{1, 2,}

¹Institute of Public Health, University of P. J. Safarik, Faculty of Medicine, Košice Slovakia

²Association of Parents, Friends of children and Youth with Celiac Disease in Košice, Slovakia

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Kvetoslava Rimarova. Celiac Diseases – Global Demographic Context and Slovakia. International Journal of Celiac Disease. 2013; 1(1):17-18. doi: 10.12691/ijcd-1-1-7

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