Results of blood pressure screening in a population of school-aged children in the province of Milan: Role of overweight

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 493-497

  Genovesi, Simonetta ^a   Giussani, Marco ^c   Pieruzzi, Federico ^a   Vigorita, Federico ^a   Arcovio, Claudia ^a   Cavuto, Silvio ^b   Stella, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c FIMP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; Epidemiology; Overweight

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 18844397813     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000160203.35910.9f     Document Type: Article

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