Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk in Ontario adolescents

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 521-523

  Flouris, Andreas D ^a   Canham, Corey H ^b   Faught, Brent E ^b   Klentrou, Panagiota ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; ONTARIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249895956     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.099796     Document Type: Article

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