Blood pressure and its correlates in Tobagonian adolescents

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 305-312

  Nichols, S ^a   Cadogan, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33847092974     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000500003     Document Type: Article

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