Body size, fat distribution, menarcheal age and blood pressure in 14-year-old girls

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1111-1115

  Kozieł, Sławomir ^a   Kołodziej, Halina ^a   Ulijaszek, Stanley ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index (BMI); Fat distribution; Height; Maturity; Menarche

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATURITY; MENARCHE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0036916495     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021220814413     Document Type: Article

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