The relationship of low birth weight to blood pressure, cortisol levels, and reactivity in African American adolescents: A pilot study

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-187

  Covelli, Maureen Mccormick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 33747770748     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: 1521043X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01460860600846941     Document Type: Article

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