Population-Based Examination of the Interaction of Primary Hypertension and Obesity in South Carolina

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-10

  Sakarcan, Abdullah ^a   Jerrell, Jeanette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; epidemiology; hypertension; obesity; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 33845740337     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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