A three year study of coronary heart disease risk factors in Greek adolescents

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-18

  Bouziotas, Constantin ^a   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GREECE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037330877     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.15.1.9     Document Type: Article

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