School-based obesity screening in rural Appalachia

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 553-560

  Demerath, Ellen ^a   Muratova, Viktorina ^b   Spangler, Emily ^b   Li, Jianrong ^a   Minor, Valerie Evans ^c   Neal, William A ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Alderson Broaddus College   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Child; Epidemiology; Hyperlipidemia; Mass screening; Obesity; Poverty; Prevention and control; Professional practice

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345283034     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.09.013     Document Type: Article

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