Factors related to total cholesterol and blood pressure in British 9 year olds

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 512-518

  Rona, Roberto J ^a   Qureshi, Sameena ^a   Chinn, Susan ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0029976829     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.5.512     Document Type: Article

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