Blood pressure levels in 7 to 14-year-old Belgrade children

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 761-765

  Vlajinac, H ^a   Miljus D ^b   Adanja, B ^a   Marinkovic J ^a   Sipetic S ^a   Kocev, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Public Health of Serbia   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; Prevalence study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0344444686     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001618     Document Type: Article

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