Short stature and hypertension in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-82

  Sichieri, Rosely ^a   Siqueira, Kamile Santos ^a   Pereira, Rosangela Alves ^b   Ascherio, Alberto ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian adults; Hypertension; Obesity; Population; Prevalence; Race; Stature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 0034002918     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980000000094     Document Type: Article

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