Home blood pressure normalcy in children and adolescents: The Arsakeion School study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1375-1379

  Stergiou, George S ^a   Yiannes, Nikolaos G ^a   Rarra, Vayia C ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Home blood pressure; Hypertension; Self measurement of blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 34250367962     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328122d3fc     Document Type: Article

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