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social geography, demography, social epidemiology

Biography

Dagmar Durova is a professor of demography. Her research focuses on analyzing the role of social, environmental, behavioral, and psychosocial factors in health and well-being, and explaining social variations in health, epidemiology of mental disorder and the influence of migration activity in Central and Eastern Europe, i.e. in societies undergoing rapid social change.
She is a director of the MSc Social Epidemiology at the Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science.
She is coordinating Czechia part of the EU-HORIZON2020 funded EURO-HEALTHY ("Shaping EUROpean policies to promote HEALTH equity") project.
She is a Head of the Research Centre on Population Health, Quality of Life and Lifestyle Among Post-communist Societies in Geo-demographic Perspective (GeoQol) and a member of the GeoMigrace Research Center (GeoMigrace), Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague.

She was a Czech country team leader of the 7th Framework European Program SOPHIE project “Evaluating the impact of structural policies on health inequalities and their social determinants and fostering chase”.
She was a Czech country team leader of the 7th Framework European Program SANCO project “Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: Evidence and policies in cities of Europe”.
She was also one of the advisory committee members of the project “Finance and Mental Health Services Training in Czech Republic/Central Europe”, University of California, Berkeley.
Between 2005 and 2007 Dzúrová lead the Czech research team within the EUROTHINE project “Tackling health inequalities in Europe”.
In 1998-03 she collaborated on the European Science Foundation, program: Social variations in health as a steering committee member.
In the period 1995-97 she participated in the United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research project named “Economic shocks, social stress, and the transition’s mortality crisis”.
She participated in a number of research projects led by the Prague Centre of Psychiatry.

Activities

Employment (1)

Charles University: Prague, CZ

2013 to present | Director of the MSc Social Epidemiology; Director of the Ph.D. Demography (Department of Social Geography and Regional Development)
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Education and qualifications (1)

Charles University : Prague, Czech Republic, CZ

1976 to 1983 (Department of Social Geography and Reginal Development)
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Works (50 of 55)

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Vaccination and fertility: modelling the potential impact of Covid-19 vaccination on total fertility rate in Czechia

Genus
2024-12-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Jitka Slabá; Jiřina Kocourková; Anna Šťastná; Dagmar Dzúrová
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Social remittances and interpersonal communication: Moldovans in Prague and Turin

Geografie
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Dušan Drbohlav; Dagmar Dzúrová
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COVID-19: years of life lost (YLL) and saved (YLS) as an expression of the role of vaccination

Scientific Reports
2022-10-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Klára Hulíková Tesárková; Dagmar Dzúrová
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV Epidemic and Testing in the Czech Republic in 2020

Current HIV Research
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Sekera Jan Carlos; Machala Ladislav; Dzúrová Dagmar
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Body Mass Index and Risk for COVID-19-Related Hospitalization in Adults Aged 50 and Older in Europe

Nutrients
2022-09-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Maika Ohno; Dagmar Dzúrová
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Chronic Liver Diseases and Cirrhosis Mortality in European Urban Areas before and after the Onset of the 2008 Economic Recession

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021-08-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Carme Borrell; Laia Palència; Lucia Bosakova; Mercè Gotsens; Joana Morrison; Claudia Costa; Dagmar Dzurova; Patrick Deboosere; Michala Lustigova; Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo et al.
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Migrant Remitting as Transnational Practice: Moldovans in Italy and Czechia

Sage Open
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Adrian J. Bailey; Dušan Drbohlav; Dagmara Dzúrová
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COVID-19 pandemic spread across geographical and social borders: Can we face it?

Geografie
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Dagmar Dzúrová; Jan Jarolímek
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Health Disparities in Czechia and Portugal at Country and Municipality Levels

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2019-03 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Michala Lustigova; Dagmar Dzurova; Claudia Costa; Paula Santana
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Population Health Inequalities Across and Within European Metropolitan Areas through the Lens of the EURO-HEALTHY Population Health Index

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2019-03 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Claudia Costa; Paula Santana; Sani Dimitroulopoulou; Bo Burstrom; Carme Borrell; Jürgen Schweikart; Dagmar Dzurova; Nicolás Zangarini; Klea Katsouyanni; Patrick Deboseree et al.
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Occupational diseases in the automotive industry in Czechia - Geographic and medical context

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85019456837

Contributors: Jarolímek, J.; Urban, P.; Pavlínek, P.; Dzúrová, D.
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Substance misuse and its risk perception in European teenagers

Children's Geographies
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84958856150

Contributors: Dzúrová, D.; Spilková, J.; Vraný, M.
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Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health in 17 European countries between 1990 and 2010

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84957899561

Contributors: Hu, Y.; van Lenthe, F.J.; Borsboom, G.J.; Looman, C.W.N.; Bopp, M.; Burström, B.; Dzúrová, D.; Ekholm, O.; Klumbiene, J.; Lahelma, E. et al.
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Multilevel analysis of health risk behaviour in Czech teenagers

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84934286570

Contributors: Spilková, J.; Pikhart, H.; Dzúrová, D.
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Socioeconomic inequalities in cause-specific mortality in 15 European cities

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84930661292

Contributors: Marí-Dell'Olmo, M.; Gotsens, M.; Palència, L.; Burström, B.; Corman, D.; Costa, G.; Deboosere, P.; Díez, E.; Domínguez-Berjón, F.; Dzúrová, D. et al.
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Gender inequalities in the health of immigrants and workplace discrimination in Czechia

BioMed Research International
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84904635510

Contributors: Dzúrová, D.; Drbohlav, D.
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Immigrants' access to health insurance: No equality without awareness

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84904332341

Contributors: Dzúrová, D.; Winkler, P.; Drbohlav, D.
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Inequalities in healthcare access by type of visa in a context of restrictive health insurance policy: the case of Ukrainians in Czechia

International Journal of Public Health
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84919842982

Contributors: Malmusi, D.; Drbohlav, D.; Dzúrová, D.; Palència, L.; Borrell, C.
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Multiple health risk behaviour in Czech adolescents: Family, school and geographic factors

Health and Place
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84902486770

Contributors: Kážmér, L.; Dzúrová, D.; Csémy, L.; Spilková, J.
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Perception of neighborhood environment and health risk behaviors in Prague's teenagers: A pilot study in a post-communist city

International Journal of Health Geographics
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84928591354

Contributors: Spilkova, J.; Dzúrova, D.; Pitonak, M.
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Social differences in avoidable mortality between small areas of 15 European cities: An ecological study

International Journal of Health Geographics
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84899110754

Contributors: Hoffmann, R.; Borsboom, G.; Saez, M.; Mari Dell'Olmo, M.; Burström, B.; Corman, D.; Costa, C.; Deboosere, P.; Domínguez-Berjón, M.F.; Dzúrová, D. et al.
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Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in 16 European cities

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84899458810

Contributors: Borrell, C.; Rodríguez Sanz, M.; Pasarín, M.I.; Marí Dell'olmo, M.; Palència, L.; Gotsens, M.; Puigpinós, R.; Díez, E.; Burström, B.; Corman, D. et al.
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Smuggled versus not smuggled across the czech border

International Migration Review
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84875294716

Contributors: Drbohlav, D.; Štych, P.; Dzúrová, D.
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Socioeconomic inequalities in injury mortality in small areas of 15 European cities

Health and Place
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84885093357

Contributors: Gotsens, M.; Marí-Dell'Olmo, M.; Pérez, K.; Palència, L.; Martinez-Beneito, M.-A.; Rodríguez-Sanz, M.; Burström, B.; Costa, G.; Deboosere, P.; Domínguez-Berjón, F. et al.
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Educational inequalities in blood pressure and cholesterol screening in nine European countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84868661288

Contributors: Rodin, D.; Stirbu, I.; Ekholm, O.; Dzurova, D.; Costa, G.; Mackenbach, J.P.; Kunst, A.E.
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The potential impact of a social redistribution of specific risk factors on socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: Illustration of a method based on population attributable fractions

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84863211838

Contributors: Hoffmann, R.; Eikemo, T.A.; Kulhánová, I.; Dahl, E.; Deboosere, P.; Dźurov́a, D.; van Oyen, H.; Rychtǎŕikov́a, J.; Strand, B.H.; Mackenbach, J.P.
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Inequalities in smoking in the Czech Republic: Societal or individual effects?

Health and Place
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78751557926

Contributors: Spilková, J.; Dzúrová, D.; Pikhart, H.
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Comparative appraisal of educational inequalities in overweight and obesity among adults in 19 European countries

International Journal of Epidemiology
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77952702355

Contributors: Roskam, A.-J.R.; Kunst, A.E.; van Oyen, H.; Demarest, S.; Klumbiene, J.; Regidor, E.; Helmert, U.; Jusot, F.; Dzurova, D.; Mackenbach, J.P.
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Social inequalities in alcohol consumption in the Czech Republic: A multilevel analysis

Health and Place
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77649178827

Contributors: Dzúrová, D.; Spilková, J.; Pikhart, H.
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The self-reported health of legal and illegal/irregular immigrants in the Czech Republic

International Journal of Public Health
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77958071191

Contributors: Pikhart, H.; Drbohlav, D.; Dzurova, D.
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Analysis of parasuicide, psychiatric care and completed suicides, implications for intervention strategy (Czech Republic, 1996-2000)

International Journal of Public Health
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-47249137854

Contributors: Dzúrová, D.; Vevera, J.; Motlová, L.; Dragomirecká, E.
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Effect of nationwide tobacco control policies on smoking cessation in high and low educated groups in 18 European countries

Tobacco Control
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-49149131078

Contributors: Schaap, M.M.; Kunst, A.E.; Leinsalu, M.; Regidor, E.; Ekholm, O.; Dzurova, D.; Helmert, U.; Klumbiene, J.; Santana, P.; Mackenbach, J.P.
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Socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes mellitus across Europe at the beginning of the 21st century

Diabetologia
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-53549118574

Contributors: Espelt, A.; Borrell, C.; Roskam, A.J.; Rodríguez-Sanz, M.; Stirbu, I.; Dalmau-Bueno, A.; Regidor, E.; Bopp, M.; Martikainen, P.; Leinsalu, M. et al.
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health in 22 European countries

New England Journal of Medicine
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84981361166

Contributors: Mackenbach, J.P.; Stirbu, I.; Roskam, A.-J.R.; Schaap, M.M.; Menvielle, G.; Leinsalu, M.; Kunst, A.E.; Van Oyen, H.; Demarest, S.; Rychtarikova, J. et al.
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"Where are they going?": Immigrant inclusion in the Czech Republic (A case study on Ukrainians, Vietnamese, and Armenians in Prague)

International Migration
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-34248637040

Contributors: Drbohlav, D.; Dzúrová, D.
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Integraton of foreigners, pupils of elementary and secondary schools, into the Czech society: Example of Prague | Integrace cizinců, žáků základních a středních škol, do České společnosti: Příklad Prahy

Geografie-Sbornik CGS
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-36048994735

Contributors: Drbohlav, D.; Dzúrová, D.; Černík, J.
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Demographic and social correlates of suicide in the Czech Republic

Sociologicky Casopis
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33748792599

Contributors: Dzúrová, D.; Ruzicka, L.; Dragomirecká, E.
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Down syndrome, paternal age and education: Comparison of California and the Czech Republic

BMC Public Health
2005 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-23244438153

Contributors: Dzurova, D.; Pikhart, H.
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Incidence and survival of children with selected types of birth defects in their first year in the CR 1994-1998. Part 2 | Incidence a přežívání děti v prvním roce života s vybranými typy vrozených vad v ČR v období 1994-1998. 2. Část

Cesko-Slovenska Pediatrie
2003 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0037251981

Contributors: Šípek, A.; Dzúrová, D.; Gregor, V.
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Comorbidity of psychic disorders. Part II: Results of investigation of the mental state of the population of the Czech Republic | Komorbidita psychických poruch II. Část: Výsledky šetření duševního stavu obyvatel ČR

Ceska a Slovenska Psychiatrie
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036344320

Contributors: Baudiš, P.; Dragomirecká, E.; Šelepová, P.; Dzúrová, D.; Holub, J.
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Incidence and survival of children with selected types of birth defects during the first year of life, Czech Republic 1994 - 1998. Part 1 | Incidence a přežívání dětí v prvním roce života s vybranými typy vrozených vad v ĆR v období 1994 - 1998.1. Část

Cesko-Slovenska Pediatrie
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0039486499

Contributors: Šípek, A.; Dzúrová, D.; Gregor, V.
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Neural tube defects in the Czech Republic during 1961-1999: Incidences, prenatal diagnosis and prevalences according to maternal age

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036752605

Contributors: Šípek, A.; Horáček, J.; Gregor, V.; Rychtaříková, J.; Dzurová, D.; Mašátová, D.
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Psychiatric morbidity of the population in the Czech Republic | Psychiatrická nemocnost obyvatel České republiky

Ceska a Slovenska Psychiatrie
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-17544392302

Contributors: Dragomirecká, E.; Baudíš, P.; Smolová, E.; Dzúrová, D.; Holub, J.
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Inequalities in the health of newborns in the Czech Republic: Birth cohort 1994-1998 | Rozdíly ve zdravotním stavu novorozencu v České republice: generace 1994-98

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica
2001 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0347603981

Contributors: Dzúrová, D.
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Mortality differentials in the Czech Republic during the post-1989 socio-political transformation

Health and Place
2000 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0342844259

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Occurrence of cleft defects of the central nervous system in the Czech Republic 1961-1999. Incidence, prenatal diagnosis and prevalence based on maternal age | Výskyt rozstepových vad centrálního nervového systému v Ceské republice v období 1961-1999. Incidence, prenatální diagnostika a prevalence podle veku matky.

Ceska gynekologie / Ceska lekarska spolecnost J. Ev. Purkyne
2000 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0034573610

Contributors: Sípek, A.; Horácek, J.; Gregor, V.; Rychtaríková, J.; Dzúrová, D.; Masátová, D.
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Quality of life in the Czech Republic

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica
2000 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0033822105

Contributors: Dzurova, D.; Dragomirecka, E.
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Mental health - a problem of the 21st century

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica
1999 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0033303642

Contributors: Dzurova, D.; Dragomirecka, E.
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Quality of atmosphere and mortality level: selected towns of the Czech Republic, daily values, 1992 | Kvalita ovzdusi a uroven umrtnosti: vybrana mesta Ceske Republiky, denni hodnoty za rok 1992.

Demografie
1997 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0031302145

Contributors: Dzurova, D.; Jelinkova, J.
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Social transformation and mental health: the Czech Republic after 1989

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica
1997 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0031544399

Contributors: Dzurova, D.; Dragomirecka, E.
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Peer review (10 reviews for 6 publications/grants)

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Review activity for International journal of environmental research and public health (1)
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Review activity for Scandinavian journal of public health. (1)