Lisyová, Jana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3822-2886
Chandoga, Ján
Jungová, Petra
Repiský, Marcel
Knapková, Mária
Machková, Martina
Dluholucký, Svetozár
Behúlová, Darina
Šaligová, Jana
Potočňáková, Ľudmila
Lysinová, Miroslava
Böhmer, Daniel
Article History
Received: 4 September 2017
Accepted: 19 March 2018
First Online: 20 April 2018
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