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Association of Average Telomere Length with Body-Mass Index and Vitamin D Status in Juvenile Population with Type 1 Diabetes / Povezava Povprečnih Dolžin Telomerov Z Indeksom Telesne Teže in Vitaminom D Pri Mladostnikih S Sladkorno Boleznijo Tipa 1 Cover

Association of Average Telomere Length with Body-Mass Index and Vitamin D Status in Juvenile Population with Type 1 Diabetes / Povezava Povprečnih Dolžin Telomerov Z Indeksom Telesne Teže in Vitaminom D Pri Mladostnikih S Sladkorno Boleznijo Tipa 1

Slovenian Journal of Public Health
Volume 54 (2015): Issue 2 (June 2015)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2015-0011 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
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Language: English, Slovenian
Page range: 74 - 78
Submitted on: Nov 7, 2014
Accepted on: Dec 1, 2014
Published on: Mar 13, 2015
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
type 1 diabetes,
juvenile patients,
average telomere length,
vitamin D,
body mass index
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Hygiene and environmental medicine

© 2015 Tine Tesovnik, Jernej Kovac, Tinka Hovnik, Primoz Kotnik, Tadej Battelino, Katarina Trebusak Podkrajsek, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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