Blood pressure and related cardiovascular disease risk factors in 6-18 year-old students in Italy

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 347-352

  Pileggi, Claudia ^a   Carbone, Vincenzo ^a   Mobile, Carmelo G A ^a   Pavia, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Children; Hypertension; Italy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 22944487303     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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