A public health vs a risk-based intervention to improve cardiovascular health in elementary school children: The cardiovascular health in children study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1529-1535

  Harrell, Joanne S ^a   McMurray, Robert G ^b   Gansky, Stuart A ^d   Bangdiwala, Shrikant I ^c   Bradley, Chyrise B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0032871214     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.10.1529     Document Type: Article

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