Cardiovascular disease risk factors in school children;Čimbenici rizika za kardiovaskularne bolesti u školske djece

Paediatria Croatica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 163-168

  Čavlek, Tonka ^a,c   Mandac, Vlasta ^a   Perković, Nina ^a   Gršić, Krešimir ^b  

^a Zavod zu Javno Zdravstvo Grada Zagreba   (Croatia)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases etiology, prevention and control; Hypertension epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 17444451810     PISSN: 13301403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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