Relation between birthweight and blood pressure among 7-8 year old rural children in India

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-91

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Sutapa ^a   Aggarwal, Arun Kumar ^a   Khullar, Madhu ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Blood pressure; Children; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HYPERTENSION; MALNUTRITION; RURAL AREA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HARYANA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 14844313441     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh239     Document Type: Article

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