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Liver diseases in the general population – the importance of active screening

Mária Beloviová
1, 2, 3
,
Ivana Klobušovská
4
,
Mária Popoviová
5
,
Pavol Matula
6
,
Nadežda Jankelová
7, 8
,
Štefánia Moricová
9

1.
Faculty of Public Health Studies, Department of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia
2.
Internal Clinic for Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Bardejov, Slovakia
3.
Slovak Society of Practical Obesitology (SSPO), Bardejov, Slovakia
4.
Regional Public Health Authority with the seat in Bardejov, Bardejov, Slovakia
5.
St. Elizabeth University of Health and Social Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
6.
Eastern Slovak Institute of Oncology, Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Košice, Slovakia
7.
Faculty of Public Health Studies SZU, Department of Management and Health Economics, Bratislava, Slovakia
8.
Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics, Bratislava, Department of Management, Bratislava, Slovakia
9.
Faculty of Public Health Studies SZU, Institute of Occupational Health Service, Bratislava, Slovakia
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2023; 25(3): 270–275
Online publish date: 2023/09/30
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