Could dehydration in infancy lead to high blood pressure?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 142-143

  Davey Smith, George ^a   Leary, Sam ^a   Ness, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 31144467105     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.040006     Document Type: Article

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