Prevalence of elevated blood pressure and association with overweight in children of a rapidly developing country

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-127

  Chiolero, A ^a   Madeleine, G ^b   Gabriel, A ^b   Burnier, M ^c   Paccaud, F ^a   Bovet, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEYCHELLES; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEYCHELLES;

EID: 33847040380     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002125     Document Type: Article

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