Prevalence of hypertension in 13-year-old adolescents in Porto, Portugal;Prevalência de hipertensão arterial em adolescentes de 13 anos da cidade do Porto

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1075-1087

  Ramos, Elisabete ^a   Barros, Henrique ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 27944496926     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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