Prevalence of hypertension among high school students in a middle anatolian province of Turkey

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-94

  Nur, Naim ^a   Çetinkaya, Selma ^a   Yilmaz, Abdülkerim ^a   Ayvaz, Adnan ^a   Bulut, Mustafa Orhan ^a   Sümer, Haldun ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Prevalence; Risk factors; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 45749100085     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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