High altitude and blood pressure in children

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 145-148

  Arslan, Sükrü ^a   Arslan, Nur ^b   Soylu, Alper ^b   Akgün, Cihangir ^a   Tepebasili, Ibrahim ^b   Türkmen, Mehmet ^b   Kavukçu, Salih ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ALTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SYSTOLE; TURKEY;

EID: 22244437240     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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