Blood pressure in childhood: Pooled findings of six european studies

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 109-114

  de Man, Stella A ^a   André, Jean Luc ^b   Bachmann, Hannsjörg ^c   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Ibsen, Karsten K ^d   Laaser, Ulrich ^e   Lippert, Peter ^f   Hofman, Albert ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Centre de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e Socialmedizin und öffentliches Gesundheitswesen ^*  (Germany)

^f Institut für Socialmedizin und Epidemiologie des Bundesgesundheitsamtes ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; Percentile values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY, WEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026035556     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199102000-00002     Document Type: Article

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